1984 Dystopian

With the power hungry Party and the most acknowledged face of Big Brother watching and monitoring everybody, the story of “1984” by George Orwell expresses the utmost control over their people and have the absolute power with their country Oceania. The Party believes that Big Brother will live on forever, because of the constant removal of those who are unfaithful and the rewriting of history. However, with the example of the main character showing disobedience against the Party, there is a chance for this type of ruling to fail and be destroyed by the people. The main possible cause of the fall of Big Brother is most likely the underestimation of the power of the people.

George Orwell’s 1984 is more than just a novel, it is a warning to a potential dystopian society of the future. Written in 1949, Orwell envisioned a totalitarian government under the figurehead Big Brother. In this totalitarian society, every thought and action is carefully examined for any sign of rebellion against the ruling party. Emotion has been abolished and love is nonexistent; an entire new language is being drafted to reduce human thought to the bare minimum. In a society such as the one portrayed in 1984, one is hardly human. In George Orwell’s 1984, the party uses fear, oppression, and propaganda to strip the people of their humanity.

During Joseph Stalin’s regime of the Soviet Union, 1984, the Classic Dystopian novel by George Orwell, was burned and banned, because the book shone a negative light on communism. The book, 1984, follows the life of Winston Smith, who lives in a country called Oceania. Oceania is a totalitarian society, ruled by a government known as The Party, whose leader is called Big Brother. In Oceania, every movement and sound every person makes is constantly surveillanced, and one wrong facial expression, statement, or action can cause the ‘Thought Police’ to take the person away to never be seen again. A small percentage of the population questions The Party’s dictatorship, and the novel follows Winston’s struggles to keep his hatred of The Party

George Orwell’s work of fiction 1984 is a futuristic, dystopian novel about citizens living in a totalitarian London. In this society, the government maintains power by controlling as many aspects of its citizens’ lives as it possibly can. The protagonist, Winston Smith, attempts to fight against the government’s controlling ways. For some time, critics have argued that this book was intended as a warning of the scenarios that could emerge if citizens traded freedom for security and allowed governments to take away too many of their rights. 1984 is a powerful warning against the risk of allowing governments to control too many aspects of the lives of their citizens through propaganda and the acquisition of personal information. These methods

Thirty-three years ago, the unpleasantry that novelist George Orwell dreamt of never became the reality he predicted it would in 1949. The year 1984 was supposed to take society on an absolute turn for the worst, becoming a global dystopia in which everyone lived under the regulation and dominance of one of three totalitarian superstates. Orwell wrote of this future in his book 1984, creating the fictional universe of Oceania in which the lives of Winston Smith and the other characters in Oceania seemed genuinely real, especially by use of various literary devices. Motifs such as the linguistic concept of Newspeak and the majority of society’s convergence of feelings towards the Party and Big Brother appear multiple times throughout the pages of the novel. Through such recurring ideas, a major theme stands out - the lack of self-expression. Living under an authoritarian and oppressive government, party members such as Winston are forced to follow the socialist policies of Ingsoc. In the book it is written that, “The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of dependent thought” (Orwell 193). If everyone were to give into the Party, self-expression would be entirely eliminated because everyone and everything would be censored. With such motives made clear, Winston along with a minority realize the absurdity in the Party’s ways. Nevertheless, many more others do not, loving Big Brother and embracing

"War is peace. Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery" (Orwell, 31) This slogan relates to the dystopian society of Oceania. The citizens who reside in Oceania are perceived to be under constant surveillance. They are also restricted from information, independent thoughts, and freedom. Furthermore, a figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. George Orwell effectively integrates dystopian characteristics into 1984 in order to convey a clear warning to the reader.

In George Orwell’s Kafkaesque novel, 1984, the world has become a dystopian society led by the Party, an oligarchy of power-hungry men who have succeeded in controlling the ignorant masses of Oceania, the newly formed nation established decades earlier when the Party took control. Using techniques such as espionage and constant threats of vaporization, the Party has been able to manipulate all levels of society from the urban poor, called the proles, to members of the Outer Party. The institution that truly holds all the power is the Inner Party, which makes up less than two percent of the nation. This group is represented by a figure named Big Brother, whom all the masses are forced to truly love and to whom they must show complete devotion. Those who dare to show unorthodoxy in their thoughts, as does the main character Winston Smith, are invariably caught and brutally punished. Those who demonstrate utmost compliance to Party and who live in a state of mind called goodthinkful are filled with ignorance; they blindly obey rule after rule while never considering the rationale of the Party or understanding the workings of the government. For them, the world is merely a large game of Simon Says. They follow their leader on a whim, not knowing why they are doing so but just knowing that if they don’t, their punishment will be torture and death. This ignorance, however, is not to a fault. In a dystopian society like in 1984, ignorance is bliss for all members of society except

1984 is a dystopian book because its setting is an imaginary place where its society is afraid and has no rights due to the unpleasant environment/atmosphere caused by the Party. All of their citizens don’t have the right to think, have information going on in the world, freedom, and especially have a bad opinion about the Party. If they get out of line or disobey then they get can be tortured and/or publically executed. Also, just like most dystopian societies, the propaganda is used to control the citizens and give power to the government, which is the case for Big Brother and their citizens.

Many generations have muttered in protest, debates, or in hushed voices to their children, “the people should not fear their government, the government should fear their people” to the point that its origins have become lost. Still, the tone of such a statement is not lost to any person that is aware of war or oppressive governments. Bengal-born George Orwell had been a soldier and the atrocities he witnessed in the Spanish Civil War would lead to his penning of the dystopian novel 1984 (Orwell, 1950). While his work shares the sentiments of the aforementioned quote it is also a warning to its readers about tyrannical governments. George Orwell’s 1984, vividly depicts a fictional dystopian society that presents his theories on what could have

“1984”, a dystopian novel by George Orwell describes a totalitarian government under the control of Big Brother, the most powerful figure in the government. Winston Smith, the main character passionately hates the Party and its leader Big Brother who govern the country Oceania in which he lives. Winston works at the Ministry of Truth, as an editor. He is responsible for historical revisionism; he rewrites records and alters photographs to conform to the state's ever-changing version of history itself, rendering the deleted people "unpersons". The original documents are destroyed by fire in a “memory hole". Winston takes part in enormous propaganda machine, that alters the present and future by rewriting

What makes a story a story? One of the first modern dystopian novels was 1984 written by George Orwell in the 1940’s. Since then, there has been a plethora of dystopian novels, following the same “rules” a 1984. These “rules” are included the novel Feed. The “ rules” that the author follows are characteristics of the dystopian society, the types of dystopian controls on the society, and lastly the characteristics of the protagonist.

Dystopia fictional novels are supposed to be just that, fiction. The author's intent is to send a message in a fabricated world. However the story 1984 appears to be more real than fantasy in 2018. Global threat North Korea possesses many of the same qualities as the Party does in 1984 and making the dystopian society in the novel seem closer to the real world than we thought. Through symbols in the novel such as the telescreens and the news, we are able to see exactly how the Party is able to control the people by completely eliminating any sense of privacy.

I’ve read many dystopian future books, such as The Hunger Games, Parable of the Talents, and Parable of the Sower. None of these books have the same interesting themes that 1984 has. Even though I have not read the dystopian novel written by George Orwell, seeing the play has made me very interested in doing so. The play is just the surface of what the book has to offer, and just seeing the play was amazing; it was much more personal since you’re actually there seeing a visual of what the book was about. The most interesting part of the book and play to me is the fact that Orwell published the book in 1949. He imagined 1984 to be a dystopian future with an oppressive government, and living in 2016 makes me wonder if we’re getting closer to

George Orwell’s 1984 was created to demonstrate the dangers that totalitarianism poses to the social order. A totalitarian regime establishes control through its degree of power. The novel is in a world of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, and public manipulation dictated by a political system that persecutes individualism. In Oceania, freedoms and individuality are crushed under the power of the government. Orwell’s representation of a dystopia mirrors the perfect totalitarian state. Orwell glimpses into the future where The Party, the fictional government system, is unflawed in its universal control over society. Winston Smith, the novel’s protagonist, goes from an independent thinker to a shell of a man, who can only regurgitate

Dystopian novels are a dime a dozen, and often as indistinguishable as a generic coin as well. Few provide much of substance, and copy the same themes that the classic dystopian novels carried. 1984 by George Orwell is a book that started one of the longest standing fads in English Literature. Despite mediocre writing, horrible plot development, and the typical cliches found in literature everywhere, 1984 still manages to get across a somewhat unique point. This is one of those rare novels where the main character isn’t a role model for boy or girl scouts everywhere. Instead, 1984 displays the dystopian world from the mind of a dislikable, lusty man.