1984 Book Report

During the torture with rats in room 101, Winston says: “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!”(pg. 300). The one person that Winston promised to never betray, Julia, was betrayed at the end due to the power of the Party and their constant monitoring of the people, which led them to know everything from what a person likes to what they hate. In this case, Winston’s deepest fear and disgust were towards rats and they used it as a tool to break the strong bond between Julia and Winston. Julia also says: “I betrayed you” (pg. 305), which demonstrates that the Party does indeed know everything about everyone because they used a similar torture method to distort and destroy her love for Winston. It is horrifying to think that torture was used to change people’s beliefs and feelings in the Party’s favor. I suppose Orwell wanted to indicate to what extent the government might go to achieve total power over people and one of his messages here is that even middle class people, like Winston and Julia, will be sentenced in a totalitarian system; if they live with their position, they are committing an act of intellectual and moral suicide as human individuals, and if they try

I am going to start by examining the genre of the novel. 1984 is one of the most popular novels of George Orwell’s work. When defining the genre, we can state that it is a dystopian, or negative utopian novel, since the writer aims to portray the worst human society imaginable to persuade readers to avoid any path that may lead towards it, while a novel of utopia does the exact opposite.

Nobody can disagree with the fact that George Orwell’s vision, in his book 1984, didn’t come true. Though many people worried that the world might actually come to what Orwell thought, the year 1984 came and went and the world that Orwell created was something people did not have to worry about anymore. Many people have wondered what was happening in Orwell’s life and in his time that would inspire him to create this politically motivated book. A totalitarian world where one person rules and declares what is a crime and what is not, is something many people would have been scared of a lot. The totalitarianism in 1984 is very similar to the Nazism that was occurring in Germany with Hitler. This could have been the key thing that motivated

In the novel 1984 George Orwell demonstrates how the government maintains power through mind control and manipulation of the masses. Orwell hints that when the government (Big Brother), holds too much power they become crooked and devious towards the rest of the population. In a nutshell Orwell is conveying that a corrupt government destroys all chances for an ideal society. Collectively, George Orwell made a prediction of what was going to happen, and it has become a reality to some extent. Overall this is a great book for the current political state.

O’Brien tortures Winston, making him doubt himself and his ability to remember changes in the party then eventually breaking him. Firstly O’Brien shows to Winston that he could harm him and make him suffer for as long as he wanted by simply turning a lever, then he tells him he is ‘mentally deranged’ and that he is curing him by making him suffer. After O’Brien makes Winston suffer for days or weeks or even months or years he takes him to room 101. Here Winston is exposed to his biggest fear. Rats. This is where all the inmates at the Ministry of Love were finally broken.

1984 is a novel that is placed in the future where propaganda is the main theme. 1984 was written during World War II was taking place, therefore greatly impacted the writing and material that was used in 1984. Orwell wrote this book as sort of a warning to make sure that another Hitler would not come into power. Orwell, in an essay titled, “Why I Write,” he had stated that

“1984 expresses man’s fears of isolation and disintegration, cruelty and dehumanisation…Orwell’s repetition of obsessive ideas is an apocalyptic lamentation for the fate of modern man. His expression of the political experience of an entire generation gives 1984 a veritably mythic power

Imagine being controlled completely by the government; cameras in every household, microphones recording every word spoken and propaganda saying “Big Brother is watching you!” all around. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, that is the reality. Thirty-nine year old Winston Smith, low-ranking member of the Party in London, Is embittered by the Totalitarian government and its brutality to the people. The Party controls everything in Oceania; languages, history, sex, free thought and even individuality, by the Thought Police. Winston writes in a diary how much he hates the government, which ultimately would get him killed by the Thought Police if he was caught. Winston believes there is a secret brotherhood which works to overthrow Big Brother and the Party, and has a suspicion that a powerful party member named O’Brien is part of this group.

1984 is an eye-opening novel written by George Orwell. Orwell wrote the novel in 1949 to outline how he projected society would be in 1984 if progress continued upon its current track. Orwell published the book as a warning that society must be careful about progress for progress’s sake, or conditions could end up similar to the way society is in his work 1984. The novel is divided into three chapters, or books, each with multiple subunits, and these sections tell the story in chronological order. The book ends with an appendix on the principles of newspeak, the new language of Oceania.

Whoever can control the past, can control the present and future. This theme resonates throughout 1984. Winston sees the importance of the past and how it can affect the present. The

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed,” this quote was stated by the infamous dictator, Adolf Hitler. By looking at this quote through a dictator’s point of view, one could favor that if one was powerful enough to tell such powerful lies one could get the people to believe anything one claims. Within the novel 1984, by George Orwell, one can find that the Party and Adolf Hitler are similar. Both tell big enough lies frequently enough for the people to just accept what their leaders claim is true. A limited amount of key topics that will be analyzed are the themes of governmental control, symbols of the powerful Big Brother, the repeatable motifs of the Parties slogan,

Psychological control is a major theme throughout 1984 and Orwell shows this theme is possible by giving examples of how a totalitarian government could gain psychological control using their power to control history and technology. George Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning to people of what might come in the future if people were not careful about our government. During the time Orwell

1984 is an aptly titled dystopian novel set in the year 1984, which is considered a favorite by some, and a classic by many more. It is hard for somebody to have not heard some derivative language from this book used before. It is brought up in American politics still to this day, and has changed the way we feel about authority. George Orwell’s novel 1984 has had a significant impact on American and English culture through its political language and message portrayed by the story.

Next, many people become fearful of the government. If people were aware of when the government was spying on them, their actions would become restrained due to fear. In 1984, Big Brother uses the fear of the people to control them. The Party uses the threat of torture against its citizens in order for them to follow to their commands. The people in 1984 fear what Big Brother will do to them if they do not follow the orders they are given. Those people are continually being watched therefore they are constantly keeping to themselves and are afraid of making the wrong decision or saying something that shouldn’t be said. For example, in 1984 the citizens are being monitored by telescreens which allow Big Brother to not only watch the actions of a person, but also listen to any conversations amongst themselves. Just like in 1984, citizens of this country are fearful of the government because of the possibility of being harmed. The government might feel threatened by a specific person because of their recent phone records or emails and use the threat of torture to prevent dangerous actions from taking place. Eventually, people will begin to change their behavior or actions because they are fearful the government will not approve of their current choices.

In 1948, George Orwell published 1984; Orwell twists the dystopian genre to depict an exemplification of life in the future based on conformity, dependence upon technology and the absolute control of the state over the people, their rights, and their history. Orwell follows the dystopian genre to the basics: a futuristic setting, uniform obedience, and clearly separated classes. However, Orwell also warps these concepts in ground breaking manners to fit his own idealization: the disturbing ways futuristic technology is used to infringe upon the rights of the people, the fear-tactics used in order to keep the people of Oceania in complete order, and how the higher Inner Party Members claim the luxuries that Outer Party Members do not even dare thinking of lest they be taken and “vaporized” by the thought police. The dystopian genre used in 1984 has been recognized to have harrowing storylines based on mental and psychological strife.