Analysis Of 1984 By George Orwell

In order for the “Big Brother” to maintain this ideology, the ruler needs to have highly organized system and individuals to follow each and every task. In the novel, Oceania’s society has reached the level of brainwashing. In order for anyone to conquer such a vast and complicated system, the individual will need a highly-organized plan and a sophisticated mind to carry through. Winston possesses neither of these traits; therefore he was doomed to fail.

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

Throughout the novel, Winston wanted to rebel against the government, but the fear of the thought police made him conform. The party used telescreens and other things to monitor the citizens to make sure they were not thinking for themselves. This is why Winston had to be careful in what he does because if he got caught he would have been killed. When Winston finally found people that he trusted and thought were on his side, he started to begin to do things outside of conformity. This is when the party stepped in and began to punish him with his worst fear of rats to make him conform again. Winston knew that Big Brother was not real, but he was forced to conform by being brainwashed by his

Winston goes through emotional change throughout 1984 that changes his perspective and personality. At the beginning of the book, Winston is filled with hatred towards the Party. “They’ll shoot me in the back of the neck i dont care down with big brother they always shoot you in the back of the neck i dont care down with big brother-” (Orwell, 19). Winston’s fury towards the Party and Big Brother is evident. Through his diary entries, you can definitely tell that he harbors an intense anger towards them. So, it may seem that this trait will never change and make him always fight for it. The reader may at first think that he will never change views. But then, Winston completely changes perspective at the end of the book when he states, “He loved Big Brother.” (Orwell, 298). This keeps Winston from becoming another boring character who refuses to change his opinion which makes for an interesting book and a more complex character.

Throughout the first part of the novel, Winston struggles to find someone who shares the same cautious skepticism in regards to the government and the control they have over society. He's desperate to learn from and connect with someone, but is unable to make any form of meaningful and lasting connection. This lack

Orwell presents Winston as a lone creature unlike his fellow citizens due to his individuality and undying self-determination. While those around him blindly follow everything the Party orders and are brainwashed into having an irrational love for Big Brother, Winston hates the Party passionately and wants to test the limits of its power by committing countless crimes throughout the novel. Not one to foolishly believe anything said to him, Winston is extremely speculative and inquisitive, desperate to understand how and why the Party is able to exercise such absolute power in Oceania. The struggle Winston puts into attaining freedom and individuality undermines the Party’s overwhelming control.

He breaks free from the chains of the government. Winston gradually started to rebel, beginning with the fact that he purchased a journal to write down his thoughts. He was even surprised at himself because while writing, he discovered his true feelings about the government and he unconsciously committed a crime. Also, writing in a journal can give the Thought Police reason to arrest or kill you. His disagreement with the Party continues and on top of that he starts developing feelings for a woman in his work. Winston actually loathed Julia at first because he couldn’t have her. She is described as a minimalistic seductress because of her natural beauty. He called her “girl with dark hair” (39). The woman, Julia, initiated the illegal act, but Winston allowed it to progress. He even elevated it by renting a room with her. In this room, they often committed crimes to the Party, such as being together and writing in his journal. They knew that they couldn’t get away with it for long and like many of the modern heroes, he did it anyway. To their surprise they received a summons from O’Brien, a member of the inner party, asking them to meet. Winston agrees because O’Brien has more authority than him. As a reader, you would think that Winston would be afraid of him because of his connections to the inner party, but actually Winston was intrigued about his intelligence. At their meeting, Winston and Julia thought they had discovered an ally because O’Brien claimed he was

Winston is completely aware of what the Thought Police are , how they are everywhere and could be anyone, he knows that the party is trying to control history, he knows the potential outcome for being caught with a thought of treason against the establishment, he knows that party even controls love in their citizens. Although he knows every rule that is has expressed by the party over his life, his actions have demonstrated that he does not care, that is understanding,lack of knowledge, is being clouded by his aspirations and that leads to creation of his character trait of ignorance in the

In the beginning, Winston Smith is a middle aged worker, living his life out in what Orwell (at the time) expects the future to be like in 1984. When first meeting Winston, his actions and his thoughts don’t connect. His actions and emotions follow the ideals of The Party, expressionless and robotic, yet his thoughts scream the opposite; his mind is human. Winston is not in agreement with The Party and their communist regulations, he wishes to fight against them, for a more liberal government, however, that does not mean he is not afraid of them, “Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing”. (3). He did not trust himself to not give anything away to the party, fear is always present even when rebelling Because one does not come back after death.

The strongest people are poor, starving, and treated like animals. In 1948, author George Orwell wrote the dystopian novel 1984. In 1984, Orwell created a world without freedom of speech, motion, and thought to portray an idea of our world with totalitarian power. In the book, it follows a member of the Outer Party named Winston, and his fight to keep his freedom of thought through love, rebellion, and secrecy. Throughout the book, it portrays three important themes, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength. The statement, “Ignorance is Strength” is a deep meaning throughout George Orwell’s 1984 due to the jocundity of the Proles, the rigid rules and expectations of both the Inner and Outer party, and Big Brother’s strive

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

As human beings, there are distinct characteristics that separate us from feral animals; the ability to create, to appreciate art, to curiously question the world and most importantly to sympathize for our kind. However, when that exact nature is stripped from us, we tend to become mindless, restricted, cold, and degraded as an entire race. This is the setting of George Orwell’s last book, 1984. A world where human thought is limited, war and poverty lie on every street corner, and one cannot trust nobody or nothing. It is all due to the one reigning political entity, the Ingsoc Party, who imposes complete power over all aspects of life for all citizens. There is no creative or intellectual thought, no art, culture or history, and no

In the novel “1984” by George Orwell, Winston undergoes a metamorphosis of character, which changes his life forever. At first Winston is just like everyone else, a dull drone of the party. Then he changes his ideals and becomes true to himself with obvious rebellion towards party principles and standards. Finally, Winston is brainwashed and is turned against himself and his feelings and is made to love the party. This is a story of perception, and how different it can be from one person to the next.

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.

Hopelessness, deep and gaping ever lasting hopelessness. If the course of humanity fails to change, to this everyone will succumb. That is the message that George Orwell has left for the future, and it would be in humanity's best interest to heed. Winston Smith of 1984 lived in a world that had been consumed by the everlasting abyss of injustice. Eventually this world became too much for our hopeful protagonist and thus, like the future that is bound to a horrific fate, he succumbed. “It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it” (Orwell 248). No one in this world is any different than Winston, they will follow his path like all of those before them, following the five stages of Kübler-Ross. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance make up the cycle that every feeble life will follow and that Winston grew to know all too well.