1984 And Present Day In George Orwell's 1984

The idea about human to reconcile the uncertainties of the past with a new or present situation. Throughout the year I studied the texts about, novel 1984 by George Orwell, a film Good Will Hunting and Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In these texts because the characters' uncertainty about the past, they won’t succeed in future situations in their lives. I'm referring from the text of how these uncertainties can have an effect for these protagonists throughout the story until they reach tougher situations.

The news in Oceania is a main factor of changing the past and filling the viewers minds with what might be false propaganda. When Winston is recollecting on the Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford experience, Winston remembers, “ They were executed,” and that even though he thought he knew their fate, he came upon a piece of paper five years later that illustrated, “the delegates at some Party function in New York. Prominent in the middle of the group were Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford:” (Orwell 67). This occurs in the 21st century when there are groups that come up with “conspiracy theories.” September 11th 2001 is one event in which this occurs. Terrorists attacked the twin towers in New York and Americans were devastated and sometime after this event, there were groups that claimed the government was behind 9/11 and that explosions were heard at the bottom of the towers, rather than the top. This relates to 1984 in that one thing was concluded originally and some years later, another thing was discovered and believed by some. A conversation between Winston and Julia brings up another connection between 1984 and today’s times. The war throughout the novel changes between Eurasia, East Asia, and Oceania but the news may control, or even make up the war. This statement is strengthened when Orwell exclaims that Julia has an opinion that “the war was not happening”

The fictional novel, 1984 by George Orwell is about a world run by a totalitarian government, called the Party, which takes away all the freedoms of its citizens by watching over them with high surveillance technology. In addition, the Party uses dishonesty and betrayal to expose people’s true feelings of Oceania, the country where the story takes place. Betrayal is seen throughout society in Oceania through government manipulation and actions made by Winston, Julia and O’Brien, the main characters. Winston’s true self-betrayal comes when he realizes his new passionate love for Big Brother, the leader of the Party and Oceania. The Party fears a rebellion against them, as a result they use different methods to eliminate trust between

When George Orwell wrote his novel, 1984, Hitler and Mussolini had recently been defeated in World War II, the nuclear arms race was warming up and the Soviet Union was a threat to the world. Although these are not problems in today's society, 1984 is still very relevant in current time, "The twentieth century will soon be over, but political terror still survives and this is why Nineteen Eighty-four remains valid today” (Ricks 5). In the novel 1984 the main character Winston is faced with challenges when he meets a woman named Julia. Julia makes him question his loyalty to the government. They are living under a totalitarian government that sees everything you do, hears everything you say, and knows everything you think. George Orwell’s novel 1984 is still relevant in today’s society.

In The Republic of Oceania, propaganda, mythologies, fear, rumors and misinformation control the minds of its citizens. The Inner Party maintains power through pervasive observation and total control of information, food, law enforcement, and economics, creating instability and disorganization in the masses. No one in the Outer Party can know for sure who is friend or enemy and this is the genius of their tactics. It can both control using an omnipresent figurehead, Big Brother, without actually being held responsible for manipulation. Since no one appears to be in charge. War is essential to keep the masses poor, hungry, and humble. Counterintelligence and propaganda cause a breakdown in family stability and make relationships nearly impossible. Finally, fear is used to intimidate and break the will of the people. The symbol of the state 's boot heal crushing the skull of a citizen is the dominant image that resonates in the novel--this is what will be remembered of the 20th century. The mass genocide caused by state-waged war against its enemies and its people is the legacy of 1984 and its era.

The society of “1984” is a reminder to show us that the future may look like this, if nothing is being done to prevent it or change it. Also “1984” is portraying the possible effect and what the world may seem like in the future, if the government has absolute power and control of the people. Orwell needed to grab the attention of the audience, so therefore he distorted the world that we live in and shaped it into the world of “1984”. The encounter of the government is uncommon to be seen. We, the people of America, take the rights that are given to every citizen for granted. We take everything for granted until a change of where the wind blows and that is when we begin to realize the privileges that we are blessed with. Nonetheless, Orwell presents the use of distortion in order to portray to the people the consequences of a government that is constantly bird-watching the citizens and ensuring that they are enforcing absolute loyalty to the power and control over the entire society. Because The Party, is obsessed with absolute power

George Orwell’s 1984 paints a terrifying picture of society, an undesirable existence. Through the eyes of the main character, Winston, readers are shown the dreary, gray town of London, part of the superstate Oceania, which is trapped in an eternal war. Oceania is a land rife with poverty and pure government control, where the individual is crushed and the government is always right, no matter if they say “two plus two is five” (page 290). Comparing and contrasting modern America to the dreary society of Oceania can give one insights into how close we may be to their system, as well as how to avoid becoming Oceania. Oceania is a place of lost individuality and human ties, where human nature is suppressed and thinking the wrong thing can get you killed. Supposedly, there are no laws, but to go against the Inner Party, the oppressive government, is death. Comparing our society to Oceania, especially our normalization of surveillance and the suppression of media, is an important piece of understanding and continuing to shape our society.

The world of Oceania in 1984 is equivalent to America 2017. The Government promotes distrust in an obscure matter and therefore correlates to Orwell’s quote in which he’s attempting to communicate with

Orwell’s perceptive view of the nature of reality in the society of 1984 can easily be applied to modern day. In 1984, the citizens of Oceania believe that whatever the Party tells them is true. The Party erases anything from history that isn’t immediately beneficial to them.

Imagine college graduation day, walking down the aisle to receive a diploma that one has worked towards for their entire life. However, the moment is bittersweet because one’s education has put him/her into thousands of dollars in debt by the high tuition prices of colleges and loans to the government. Dehumanization by the totalitarian government in the book 1984 by George Orwell is similar to the dehumanization in modern society between the government and colleges onto the student through high tuition costs and overpowering government control which causes loss of opportunity.

George Orwell’s 1984 shows how simple it is for a government to control their citizens. This book suggests that war or the idea of war can control citizens and keep the Party in control by maintaining the social classes, promoting patriotism, and keeping the citizens ignorant of what is going on around them. This matters because the Party can get the entirety of Oceania to believe what they say even if it is a lie, which demonstrates how simple it is for a government to control its citizens through words and propaganda.

In 1984, The Party blames all of it’s issues on many people and places, especially Emmanuel Goldstein, the enemy of the party. In Oceania, Goldstein is seen as an evil man, who hates his country, and anyone who opposes The Party is assumed to be an ally his. He is described as “the primal traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party’s purity. All subsequent crimes against the Party, all treacheries, acts of sabotage, heresies, deviations, sprang directly out of his teaching” (Orwell 14). By creating such an image of Goldstein, The Party is scaring it’s people, ensuring that they do not act in defiance of them. Other scapegoats within 1984 include the other two superstates, Eastasia and Eurasia. Oceania. The Party uses the never-ending war as an excuse for its economic problems, especially food shortages. When rations are minimized, the government claims that it is to create more funds for soldiers, when in reality the war is essentially non-existent. By blaming their issues on the enemy countries, the government is able to gain a better support from its people through a sense of

Progression into a 1984 society is not a far-fetched notion given many similar trends throughout today’s society. Alasdair Denvin, writer for Policy.Mic, expresses his opinion claiming, “We might be slowly, voluntarily embracing some of the same things that 1984 depicts as being forced on a world still reeling after atomic warfare” (Devin). Denvin first points out a huge similar trend: a constant war. Just like Oceania, America also seems to be fighting a constant battle with no clear enemy in the Middle East. Denvin also refers to the telescreens monitoring Oceania’s population closely, and how this resembles the recently discovered scandalous National Security Agency spying

The book, 1984 by George Orwell, is about the external and internal conflicts that take place between the two main characters, Winston and Big Brother and how the two government ideas of Democracy and totalitarianism take place within the novel. Orwell wrote the novel around the idea of communism/totalitarianism and how society would be like if it were to take place. In Orwell’s mind democracy and communism created two main characters, Winston and Big Brother. Big Brother represents the idea of the totalitarian party. In comparison to Big Brother, Winston gives and represents the main thought of freedom, in the novel Winston has to worry about the control of the thought police because he knows that the government with kill anyone who

The novel 1984 is a futuristic totalitarian society where everyone is kept under close surveillance and is forced to follow all rules and laws of the state. The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell and published in 1950. The main characters were Big Brother, Winston Smith, Julia, O’Brien, Syme and Emmanuel Goldstein. Winston Smith is a low man on the totem pole when it came to the ruling Party in London, Oceania. His every move is watched by the Party through devices called telescreens. Posted everywhere around the city is the face of their leader, “Big Brother” informing them that he is always watching. He works in the “Ministry of Truth” which is ironic seeing that they alter history to fit the liking of the Party. As this book continues Winston challenged the laws and skirts around the fact that he is always being watched. His shocking and rebellious act is “falling in love.” Throughout this novel George Orwell utilizes symbolism to further enhance the totalitarian features of the society. In many ways these symbols represent the things that this society hasn’t experienced and doesn’t understand.