A Summary and Analysis of 1984 by George Orwell

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When reading part one of 1984 by George Orwell many thoughts and questions popped into my head. Why would a powerful government rewrite and brainwash its citizens? Or why are they under constant surveillance? As I further read along something interested me. One of our main characters and protagonist, Winston, knows or believes that he knows all of the punishments that are done by the Thought Police and the Inner Party. He contemplates on whether or not he should start a diary. He knows it may not be a law in starting one, but he knows the dangers of it if the Thought Police would find it. This part catches my interest the most because he knows that he is doing something rebellious, yet he continues to go along with it since he

In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, a theme addressed in the text is the need or the habit to form social classes and divisions. History has shown that a vicious cycle wreaks havoc through social aspects of societies. The tendency for there to be at least three distinct classes (low, middle, and high) is represented in all past civilizations. The novel addresses this cycle and how it will never change because it is necessary to maintain a balanced society. Today’s society contains various class distinctions as well. George Orwell predicted in his novel, 1984, that due to the repetitive and necessary condition of social stratification that in the future there would continue to be class distinctions.

Technology, it’s advanced, but for better or worse? Do our devices do more good to our lives rather than the worse? Something we wouldn't expect .. Is orwell’s vision coming to a reality.. If not, slowly processing. I’ve done a little research, and put two and two together. I read a few articles and put a final opinion on what's going on that most do not know about. Hopefully you can see, my personal thoughts.

We live in a world of technology. It surrounds us like a cloud or a blanket of information and connectivity. Every day governments around the world are using more private surveillance tactics. The US government is heavily tapping into this cloud of information and the public 's privacy is being reduced and we are inching closer and closer to constant, total surveillance. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, those who aren’t living on the street live under constant surveillance. Those fortunate enough to live in one of the decrepit apartment buildings sacrifice their privacy and their freedom, while working for the government that controls them. Telescreens monitor everything, while people are forced to live in awful conditions.

Society solely relies on mankind’s ability to formulate, establish, and enhance ideas, and with this knowledgeable aptitude we thrive. Indeed ignorance does provide the world the opportunity to achieve nothing, create nothing, and solve nothing, excluding destitution. However the idea that an absent mind leads to a life of happiness, continues to intrigue a vast majority. In spite of this public opinion, how could one be mentally/emotionally elated without the capability to establish a unique mindset, or accomplish more than redundant duties performed in a zombie-like manner? Not only is the absence of knowledge a subconscious prison, but the presence of intellect supplies our world with the ability to attain euphoria.

In the book 1984 by George Orwell, the primary character Winston Smith feels embittered by the control and oppression of the Party, which forbids any form of thinking and individuality. Winston illegally purchases a diary to write down his criminal thoughts: “Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” (61) Despite this being a thoughtcrime, Winston’s courage overpowers the fear he has whenever he writes in his diary in hopes for a revolution against the Party. He believes that the proles make up majority of the population of Oceania, and can overcome the strength of the Thought Police. However, the ignorant proles have no interest in rebelling because nearly all of them

Imagine a world where everything you knew had to be forgotten, and you knew nothing more then what was being told to you. In George Orwell’s book 1984 this is exactly the case. Winston Smith, a middle aged man, lives a life already planned for him. Smith works at the Ministry of Truth rewriting the news and other articles to follow the teachings of Big Brother. Big Brother is the leader of Oceania, one of three world powers, and aims to rewrite the past to control the present. Oceania is separated into three separate castes: the Inner party, the Outer party, and the proles. Winston is part of the Outer party, or the middle class. The Inner party is the leading rich class and the proles are the lower, poorer class. While most characters follow the rules and accept the ideas of the society, others are very unorthodox. 1984, by George Orwell, has three noticeably unorthodox characters: Winston Smith, Julia, and O’ Brien.

In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the Party has many strategies and tactics that help them have complete control of the people of Oceania. The control the Party has maintained gives them the ability to manipulate people as a result. The Party takes away the people’s freedom to have a say in their government and become their own person. They use their power to an extreme against the people rather than to help the people. The Party takes advantage of every opportunity to instill fear in the citizens, use an excessive amount of thought control, and promote their control to the people through surveillance/propaganda.

Winston was employed at the Ministry Of Truth, where his job was to erase a store called documents that contradicted the views of the government. Winston started to rebel against the government writing a journal detailing his grievances with the government, if caught it would be certain death. Winston became in contact with a coworker named Julia and they met in secret to rebel against the government. They were arrested after Mr. Charrington with secretly a spy and informed the government on his actions. He was tortured and jailed until he was brainwashed into liking the government again.

Orwell also demonstrates the importance of the setting through creating a world that uses fear as a tool for manipulating and controlling individuals who do not follow the rules (“About 1984”). Oceania is one of the three continents that was created after the fallout of World War II, the other two are Eurasia and Eastasia. All three of these continents are constantly at war with each other and run by a totalitarian government. By creating an entire world at war, Orwell also creates a setting that has no escape for the main character, Winston, who lives under horrible living conditions. Oceania’s political structure is broken into three parts: the Inner Party, the highest ruling class; the outer party, educated workers; and the proles. The proles live in old worn down buildings away from the town. The inner and outer parties do not view the divisions as “classes” or “sides”, it is noticeable that Orwell wants the readers to see the distinction between classes.

Have you ever seen an event or scene in which a young child writes in his/her diary, restating what took place in the past and how he/she feels about it? In the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, it starts off by viewing the protagonist, Winston Smith, living in rural London controlled by a dictatorship led by a leader named “Big Brother”. Setting a depressing and gloomy tone throughout the story, he begins to hold grudges toward the government and how it rules is absurd and childish prevalent to any being. Winston later purchases a journal secretly from a store nearby, returning back to his apartment only to start writing criticisms towards Big Brother. At the same time, surveilling cameras are watching Winston committing a “thought-crime”,

1984, a dystopian novel written by George Orwell, tells the reader about a totalitarian society. The party controls every aspect of public, private life and even thoughts. The government personified by “Big Brother”, which maintains his power through intimidating and suppressing the “proles”, in whose hands the hope for the future lies. Totalitarianism kills freedom where others refute this argument. The rebuttal/disproff can be seen if one discusses the eradication of privacy, individuality and freedom.

1984 is a dystopian novel that talks about a totalitarian government, which prohibits free thought and any expression of individuality. However, the novel narrates an endless war going on that nobody really knows what it is about. Resultantly, the story includes citizens’ struggle as there’s not enough food to eat, in addition, bombs recurrently explode in the streets.

In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the ruling figure of Oceania, Big Brother, claims to be watching every citizen. These things called telescreens are everywhere in the nation, which are televisions that display pictures of Big Brother and also have cameras and microphones attached to them to monitor citizens. The technology used in our world today is similar to the world of Big Brother, but it is not used to blatantly spy on its citizens. With security cameras, phones, computers, etc. in our nation, the intent is rather used for the protection of good American citizens and for criminal detection and evidence.