Analysis Of George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty Four

Everyone has always wondered if people were ever watching them. Our technology today is capable to eavesdrop in on anyone’s conversations even if their phones are turned off. In the novel, “1984”, the party INGSOC uses telescreens to watch over the people and always know what they are up to. This denies the people’s rights and privileges to go about their business as they please. The technology we have today is almost exact to what big brother uses in George Orwell’s novel by taking over the public and private parts of our lives.

George Orwell focuses his belief of the “[disbelief] in the existence of the objective truth because all the facts have to fit in with the words and prophecies of some infallible fuhrer”. He envisions the decay of future society and implements his ideas through his creation of “Nineteen Eighty-Four”. Indications of a psychological fear are examined initially through the progression and change of the human mind, which is built upon the oppression of the Party. Through the construction of a world with no freedom and individuality, the human mind adapts the change of truth and pay utter submission from the Party, to escape the presence of their ultimate weakness. With those who are rebellious of the rules of the Party gradually brings out the ugly nature of humanity. Through the fragility of the human mind, it reinforces Orwell’s idea of a corrupted society, as there no longer remains a variety of human emotions for the next generation to pass onwards. Thus conclusively portraying the defeat of human mind unable to withstand the physical and mental tortures from the Party.

In George Orwell’s, Nineteen Eighty-Four, the people of the country, Oceania live under a totalitarian government. This iconic political novel serves as a cautionary tale for future governments at the time it was written in 1949. Although, many countries are democracies now, the world hasn’t completely learned its lesson in over half a century since the novel has been published. Alarmingly, the United States has begun to reflect similar traits founded in Orwell’s fictitious and terrifying country, Oceania in relation to themes of patriotism, control of media, and surveillance.

Imagine a place where the government is feared and seen as the center of the universe. No one dares to go against it because of the torture and punishments that can occur. Propaganda is everywhere, and no one knows what is the truth and what is a lie. Not knowing if today will be your last. This may seem like an insight to a fictional novel, but this is not the case, this is a reality for some people. Like in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, the North Korean government uses fear to control their citizens, and supervises the type of media presented through technology. By running everything through a totalitarian regime, no one has the power or courage to fight back (North Korea: Government) (Cha 13).

Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party's seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people's history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is illegal. Such thoughtcrime is, in fact, the worst of all crimes.

Nineteen Eighty-Four manifests the importance of the call to adventure by stressing the significance of the main protagonist, Winston Smith’s first rebellious act towards the novel’s antagonist, the totalitarian government known as INGSOC. Nineteen Eighty-Four written by George Orwell, takes the reader on a journey through the life of Winston Smith who begins to observe his surroundings through a new lens. Slowly realizing that the government has eyes everywhere, literally. Winston’s call to adventure is quite a peculiar one. The strangeness of his call to adventure sparks from the idea of individual thought and freedom. The book explains that the government has control over everything in this society even going as far as to say that INGSOC (the totalitarian government in question)

In George Orwell’s book, Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dictatorial group called the Big Brother is said to always be watching you. Not only does this group inspect individuals from posters throughout the city, but also they listen and watch you through private telescreens, which is basically a two-way television. In this type of world it is easier to simply assume that you are always being watched, in fact that 's how many of the characters we encounter throughout this book act. Something should be clicking in your head right about now because this fictional world is actually very comparable to the surveillance systems that are present in our modern-day society. In reality, the majority of lives we are being watched, just as Winston and other Nineteen Eighty-Four characters are. Nowadays, we all live in a world where it is almost comedic to state that you are actually alone when in reality we are constantly being observed, tracked, eavesdropped on, and maybe even investigated just like those who inhabit this fictional Oceania. Truly, the world of George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four has become an authentic depiction of our own. It is known that surveillance plays a key role in how the Party keeps its power, influence and control in the novel. The citizens of Oceania are frequently being examined on their every action, breath and even their thoughts. The need for this surveillance comes directly from the Party’s desire for a perfect model of society. It would be far fetched to say

In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four the author George Orwell created how he felt the world would be in the year nineteen eighty-four. In this fictional world, there were three super-states Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania; Oceania was the main super state where the novel took place. In Oceania, the government controlled everything: the citizens had no rights; the people were living in poor conditions, everyone was brainwashed, and hatred controlled everything. The novel focused on the rebellious ways of the protagonist, Winston and his love interest, Julia. During the novel, Winston and Julia do everything the government does not allow their citizens to do, such as their relationship. During this novel, Julia is not properly portrayed as a contemporary American woman.

My thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and words can reflect on who I am as a person. I cannot imagine not being able to think, say, or do as I wish. The idea of someone else controlling my thoughts and actions is mind-boggling. George Orwell has made a tremendous impact on the way we live our life today. His key ideas and insights have reflected on our life and way of living. He wrote four documentary studies, six novels, and hundreds of essays. Although he passed away on January 21, 1950, his memory and key ideas have left a memorable impact on society and the world we live in today.

Thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and words can reflect on who I am as a person. I cannot imagine not being able to think, say, and do as I wish. The idea of someone else controlling my thoughts and actions bothers me. George Orwell has made a tremendous impact on the way we live our life today. His key ideas and insights have reflected on our life and way of living. He wrote four documentary studies, six novels, and hundreds of essays. Although he passed away on January 21, 1950, his memory and ideas have left a memorable impact on society and the world we live in today.

Have you ever felt like you were being watched? In 1984 by George Orwell this was not just a feeling of the citizens in Oceania, it was their lifestyle. The plot of 1984 is over exaggerated in the sense that the citizens are not allowed to partake in any malpractice because their every move is constantly being watched, this makes 1984 a satire. 1984 is not only a satire but it is a satire of 2016. This is because people in 2016 are pressured into a stereotype, technology is extremely controlling over people’s thoughts, and there is control over the news and history that is portrayed through media.

The term “utopia” is used to describe an excellent society and the opposite of utopia is a dystopia, which is a horrible place contradictory to the belief of perfection. Fictional depictions of these ideas include unreal elements of societies exaggerated to create a warning for the upcoming generations. Terry Gilliam’s film Brazil shows a totalitarian society where freedom has been surrendered, for a false promise of protection from terrorist activities. Nineteen Eighty-Four written by George Orwell is about the degradation of a society under totalitarian government that uses endless warfare to fulfil its obsession with power. Along with this, the theme of terrorism and war is questioned by Lee Rogers in this report “The U.S. Government is Preparing for War Against the American People” where he states that the government of the U.S. is planning on going against its own citizens and their choices. All three of these dystopias, state an example of complete government control and terrorism. Terrorism is used to deceive citizens of these societies and strengthen government control over society.

Throughout the novels, we see both authors presenting the consequences of a controlling regime, and the severe dystopia that came about due to the political and social oppression which was taking place across Europe and USA. Whilst both books were being written, Orwell and Dick were facing the threat of Communism taking over the world. In 1949, Orwell published Nineteen Eighty Four (1984), and the world was in turmoil, it was a war stricken society filled with death and disappointment. Orwell’s futuristic vision of society immediately tapped into the fear and uncertainty that was so prevalent at the time. Dick who wrote his book 14 years later than Orwell and Dick uses The Man In the High Castle (HC) as a foreshadowing of what could have happened, if the Nazis had of won the war. Both the authors present an obviously controlling society to the reader, which results in rebellion and exposing the flaws in the system. Both of these books ask the reader many different questions, not only about the endangerment of the future, but also, what it’s like to live in such a controlling society. The presence of spies and secret rebellions show the struggles the regimes come under; interestingly both Orwell and Dick show that as quickly as a regime can be created it can also be destroyed.

On September 11, 2001 the United States was attacked by radical Islamic terrorists. The American government responded quickly and aggressively to the attack, through military action and increased government surveillance and regulation. The creation of greater government control begs the question of when the control of a government becomes excessive. George Orwell explored this controversial issue in his book: Nineteen Eighty Four. During his apex as a writer in the 1940’s, Nazi Germany and the Communist Soviet Union each tried to expand their empires through the use of propaganda and military force. Orwell himself fought in the 1932 Spanish Civil War and fought both the fascists and the communist in separate engagements. These experienced polarized Orwell against totalitarian governments and caused the writing of his two famous political satires. George Orwell’s dystopic 1984 demonstrates that once a totalitarian state has seized power, its control over the masses is pervasive and the most basic subversion against the ruling class becomes futile and impossible.

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.