On September 6th, 2017, I saw the play 1984 by George Orwell at The Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville. The play was about how the main character Winston, who’s portrayed by Niail McGinty, goes on a journey to rebel against the party in control of his country, the Inner Party, and he runs into somebody he believes is an ally to him, O’Brien, who is portrayed by V Craig Heidenreich, but he is really a part of the Inner Party. They eventually convince Winston to believe in the Inner Party and their ruler, Big Brother. Even though Heidenreich did a good job, I think McGinity’s acting was better. Heidenreich was very effective at portraying himself to be an ally to McGinty and remaining in character throughout the time Heidenreich beat him, but I found that McGinty’s performance was outstanding and superior to his due to commitment to his character. In act one, Heidenreich was introduced as being one of the higher ups in the Inner Party. He was very good at presenting himself as an ally to McGinity. Heidenreich would present himself as a powerful man in the work setting. This was highlighted by how his chest was always puffing out his chest and walking very precisely with a purpose. Heidenreich was also good at sounding appealing to McGinity. For example, when Heidenreich would ask him to come to his house and would always end his time with McGinity by saying that he hopes to see him again. While he did this, he was sounding very inviting and happy as if he really wanted him to
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
The first use of literary devices in George Orwell's 1984, is situational and verbal irony. Throughout 1984 Orwell is relaying what he believes a totalitarian government would look like in using the phrases "War is Peace," "Slavery is Freedom" and "Ignorance is Strength" (Orwell, 4). This suggests that Big Brother is trying to make people believe the opposite of what is true. Such a thing would help them by allowing for more control when they can change a person’s way of thinking. Furthermore, he says that Winston believes that O'Brien is thinking the same way about the government as he is, but as it turns out he is a member of the Thought Police (Orwell, 17 and 239). George Orwell has proven in this text that one never really knows the motivation of a person when it comes to a totalitarian government. At first, Winston thinks that O'Brien and he are on the same page when it comes to the government;
Controlled by a fascist government, the population of Oceania struggles to live freely as they are constantly surrounded by the fear of getting arrested for the worst possible crime, thoughtcrime. In the novel “1984”, by George Orwell, Winston Smith rebelles passively against the idea of living in a complete uniform world under Big Brother’s dreadful surveillance. Thought crime’s impact on the novel’s population is devastating, so much so that it is somewhat hard to picture today’s society in its place. The sad reality is that thoughtcrime does impact the lives of the people in today’s society to some extent as it does in the book. The level of punishment for such a crime is just at a lower scale. Thoughtcrime impacts the novel’s
In the book “1984,” written by George Orwell, there is a character that is known as Big Brother. He is a man who could be known as a Demagogue. The reason for this is due to the fact that he was able to rise to such power where he is capable of changing the past. The way he is now, in the story, shows that he didn’t use rational argument to rise to power, but chose to appeal to the majority group of people through desires and prejudice.
In the world of 1984 by George Orwell surveillance is another word for complete control and spying. In the world created by George Orwell the party or “Big Brother” has a full control over its citizens to the point where it uses “Telescreens” to surveillance everyone's daily activity and their thoughts. Orwell predicts that the world we live in today is going to come to that point where the government is going to track everyone’s activity. In other word “ Big Brother is watching.”
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
In the George Orwell’s novel 1984, much of the society is watched and have no privacy of any kind. Every person in the Party is under surveillance. In effect, these people cannot live freely and independently, but it seems to be an impossible task because of of the Party surveillance, and how they limit thinking and manipulate reality. We can similarly see these concerns and their effects in today 's society and the ways the novel also acts as a warning for the future.
Do you think we live in a world similar to 1984? Do you ever find yourself thinking our future will turn out like it? Our privacy is being violated by devices that are brought to you; they can track you down, they can most likely watch you from the camera, and can find out what you’re up too.
Individuality, though often taken for granted, must exist in a productive society. Of course, to truly remain genuine, one must be guaranteed a certain level of privacy. George Orwell’s 1984 provides examples of how privacy truly impacts one’s personality. A lack of privacy prevents originality and any type of progress, which students got to experience for a week.
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
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 a loose translation from Jean-Jacques Rosat’s Chroniques Orwelliennes, the celebrated French philosopher writes, “the struggle of the powerful class to retain power and the resulting reaction of the dominated to attempt to thwart this dominance are omnipresent in the books and philosophy of Orwell” (Rosat 6). Endeavoring to sever Orwell’s philosophy on social class from his writing is futile, as he has so explicitly interwoven both into his work. 1984 is a manifestation of the fact that for Orwell the entrenched stratification and the resulting friction between classes are evident in even the smallest aspects of everyday life. He sees class warfare as a “permanent injustice”; one that he experienced firsthand (Rosat 6).
George Orwell’s novel 1984 written nearly seventy years ago tells the tale of Winston Smith through a dystopian culture controlled by a government that is always watching. The novel was meant to deter people away from rising totalitarian societies at the time like Germany and the Soviet Union. Winston’s first diary entry depicts the events of his seemingly normal day. He begins with, “Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in the Mediterranean.” He goes on to write about an overweight refugee in the film attempting to swim away, only to be shot multiple times by the gunmen. As the man went underwater, Winston says the audience “shout[ed] with laughter when he sank.” Orwell continues to write this gruesome entry, making the audiences so unbelievably horrifying with their continuous laughter at suffering.
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.