1994 George Orwell Dramatic performance analysis

“1984” is an imaginary novel wrote by George Orwell in 1949. The novel takes place in a fictional country called Oceania. In 1984, the society is a mess in the control of the “big brother”, people are leveled by three three classes: the upper class party, the middle outer class party, and the lower class proles. But the lower class make up 85 per cent of the people in Oceania. Winston is a outer class party member working for the “big brother”. This novel uses Winston as an example to show how the “big brother” takes the control by mind, manipulation and technology.

“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

Overall, throughout 1984 and Pleasantville, the director and author portray how a society is supressed, lacking in individual freedom and how conformity is defied. Through knowledge and manipulated, a subtle but heavy handed atmosphere is created in ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’,

Winston and Julia made love on top of Mr. Charrington’s house. Mr. Charrington basicallywalks in on them and snitches on them with Big Brother (The Government) because he wassecretly a spy. Mr. Charrington’s betrayal portrays makes children think that they can’t trustanyone else. This is very minor, yet it is a very important aspect in the story. This also portraysthat you can never be safe even when you are absolutely sure you are.This novel also uses the idea of torturing people to get what they want. This, more thanothers, is a very strange topic, this is because not many people have seen someone being torture,which is also a strange thing to speak of, and this makes the topic even more anomalous. With abook that contains a man tied upon a table and tortured with gruesome things like beatings,starvation, brain-washings, threats to loved ones like Julia, and being completely covered withrats, the protagonist’s greatest fear (Orwell, George). This torture scene also displays the extentof a man’s brain, this too can give a bad perspective on 1984 to people who read it, the youngeraudiences can even think it isn’t as bad as it sounds. The torturer, O’Brien, even makes Winstonbetray Julia by covering him with rats. This makes Winston realize that Big Brother can makehim do what ever he wants (Orwell, George).This could have been banned for all the reasons I have stated; there are quite a fewreasons this book has been banned. These are the reasons why 1984 has

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

The novel “1984” by George Orwell exemplifies the issues of a government with overwhelming control of the people. This government controls the reality of all of their citizens by rewriting the past, instilling fear, and through manipulation. This is an astounding story because of the realistic qualities that are present throughout the text about an extreme regulatory government and its effects. This society is overwhelming consumed with the constructed reality that was taught to them by Big Brother. George Orwell brings significant aspects to the novel like the complexity of relationships during a rebellion and The Party’s obsession with power. The main character Winston struggles throughout the story trying to stay human through literature, self-expression and his individuality. The party uses human’s tendencies, weaknesses, and strengths in order to dehumanize their citizens to gain control over them.

In the novel 1984, Orwell produced a social critique on totalitarianism and a future dystopia that made the world pause and think about our past, present and future. When reading this novel we all must take the time to think of the possibility that Orwell's world could come to pass. Orwell presents the concepts of power, marginalization, and resistance through physical, psychological, sexual and political control of the people of Oceania. The reader experiences the emotional ride through the eyes of Winston Smith, who was born into the oppressive life under the rule of Ingsoc. Readers are encouraged through Winston to adopt a negative opinion on the idea of communist rule and the inherent dangers of totalitarianism. The psychological

The main character in George Orwell’s 1948 novel, 1984, Winston Smith can be seen as many things. To some, he may be a hero, but to others he is a coward and a fool. Throughout the novel, Winston’s characteristics are explored, and readers are shown the reasoning behind Winston’s twisted mind. It is evident that although Winston thinks he had control over his own mind and body, this is an imagined factor. The world of 1984 is one of a totalitarian society, where no one can be trusted, and no one is safe, Winston being the primary example of one who trusted thoughtlessly.

1984, Orwell’s last and perhaps greatest work, deals with drastically heavy themes that still terrify his audience after 65 years. George Orwell’s story exemplifies excessive power, repression, surveillance, and manipulation in his strange, troubling dystopia full of alarming secrets that point the finger at totalitarian governments and mankind as a whole. What is even more disquieting is that 1984, previously considered science fiction, has in so many ways become a recognizable reality.

In 1984, the last and largest work of Orwell’s life, the oppression becomes even more sinister. Winston, a member of the “party,” decides to break away from the melancholy lifestyle in which “freedom is slavery” and rebel against the government that restrains him. The party even erases all of history and claims that reality is within the mind; “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” He becomes conscious of all the trickery and lies of the party and joins a secret organization to fight for freedom. The organization, however, is a lie and Winston is tortured until he learns to truly love Big Brother. 1984 makes prominent stabs at the

Now some argue that the theme of 1984 is that you can’t always win. According to Orwell, “In the face of pain, there are no heroes, he thought over and over as he writhed on the floor, clutching uselessly at his disabled left arm” (page 302). This shows how this is the theme because Winston has been rebelling against the Party, hoping that he can successfully bring back the past of mind kind and overthrow the government, but in the end he was unsuccessful with his rebellion and was tortured by the Party for his actions. Additionally, Julia says, “‘I betrayed you,’ she said baldly….’Sometimes’ she said, ‘ they threaten you with something you can’t stand up to, can’t even think about.’” Basically, this shows how the theme is you can’t always win because Julia and Winston weren’t successful with their rebellion, in fact at the end of the story they even confess that they betrayed one another and their whole relationship changed, their rebellion failed and so did their relationship, this shows us readers how Winston and Julia couldn’t win against the Party. However, the

1984 is about a man trying to survive an oppressive government that has taken over his country and the lives of all those around him. Known as Big Brother, they keep control over the people through use of invasive surveillance, propaganda, torture, and brainwashing. The man in question, is Winston Smith, who falls in love with a woman named Julia. Together they try to save each other from a life not lived. It does, of course, not end well for the two, as they are caught trying to make contact with a secret group that is against Big Brother.After torture and brainwashing, Winston is turned into another state automaton, who proudly proclaims his love for Big Brother.

The concept of ‘Big Brother’ is a person or in this case an overall organisation that is in control of any situation and of people’s lives, in this case, Winston. Big Brother is the face of the extreme Party, the leader behind the great power in society. As a theatre piece, ‘Big Brother’ isn’t the only person who is watching Winston. The audience are watching his every movement as he is trying to break the constraints of society watching him. Later, in the

“It is often said that literature is a voice for social commentary. How is this true of the novel 1984”?

Today they say that we are free, Only to be chained in poverty -- Bob Marley