Analysis Of George Orwell 's The Dystopian City Of London

Thirty-three years ago, the terrifying vision that novelist George Orwell dreamt of in 1949 never became the reality he foretold it would within the preceding ten decades or so. The year 1984 was presumed to plummet society into utter chaos, becoming a global dystopia in which everyone lived under the regulation and the dominance of one of three totalitarian superstates. Orwell poured out his predictions into the pages of his book, 1984, creating the fictional universe of Oceania in which the lives of Winston Smith and the other characters living in the superstate give the expression of being genuinely real, especially due to author’s the use of various literary devices. For instance, motifs such as the linguistic concept of Newspeak and the majority of society’s convergence of feelings towards the Party and Big Brother appear multiple times throughout the novel. At the hand of such persisting ideas, a major theme stands out - the lack of self-expression. Living under an authoritarian and oppressive government, party members such as Winston are compelled to pursue the socialist policies of Ingsoc. In the book it is written that, “The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of dependent thought” (Orwell 193). If the general populace of Oceania were to submit the Party, self-expression would be entirely eliminated because everyone and everything would be censored. With such motives made clear,

George Orwell’s political parable, 1984, portrays an oppressive and dictatorial government, which thereby presents to the reader a palpable sense of danger and malevolence born out of the creation of a counter utopic totalitarian regime. Orwell’s nihilistic creation of Oceania, presents a world wherein every aspect of private and public life is abhorrently regimented and regulated by the autocratic ‘Big Brother’. The whole population at large is forced to conform to the ideals and beliefs of the tyrannical ‘party’ as a means of not only survival but also a means of being able to live an unabated existence. The party opposes all forms of individuality and

Many countries believe that propaganda helps to institute a necessary level of patriotism in their citizens. Most authoritarian governments, the type of government that Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell illustrates, use propaganda. However, the use of propaganda also limits the freedom of people since propaganda can control thought and speech. Propaganda can influence people to believe that their country is the best country by either exaggerating the positive events that are happening in their country or by showing negative events that are happening in other countries. Nineteen Eighty-Four is more about the dangers of the government controlling people’s thoughts by propaganda than the dangers of an authoritarian government system.

George Orwell’s 1984 is more than just a novel, it is a warning to a potential dystopian society of the future. Written in 1949, Orwell envisioned a totalitarian government under the figurehead Big Brother. In this totalitarian society, every thought and action is carefully examined for any sign of rebellion against the ruling party. Emotion has been abolished and love is nonexistent; an entire new language is being drafted to reduce human thought to the bare minimum. In a society such as the one portrayed in 1984, one is hardly human. In George Orwell’s 1984, the party uses fear, oppression, and propaganda to strip the people of their humanity.

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

George Orwell’s work of fiction 1984 is a futuristic, dystopian novel about citizens living in a totalitarian London. In this society, the government maintains power by controlling as many aspects of its citizens’ lives as it possibly can. The protagonist, Winston Smith, attempts to fight against the government’s controlling ways. For some time, critics have argued that this book was intended as a warning of the scenarios that could emerge if citizens traded freedom for security and allowed governments to take away too many of their rights. 1984 is a powerful warning against the risk of allowing governments to control too many aspects of the lives of their citizens through propaganda and the acquisition of personal information. These methods

When George Orwell writes his dystopian novel ‘1984’ in 1949, he is extremely disturbed with the state of the world after witnessing the methods of the Soviet Union and other fascist regimes during World War Two. During this period, the Soviet Union famously burned books and controlled all media outlets in an attempt to assert dominance over the people of the USSR. In response to his emotional disquiet over these issues, Orwell writes a warning to the world of what he fears would come to pass should totalitarian governments continue to grow in power. In ‘1984’, Orwell writes of the government destroying all media that conflicts with the current political ideology, ‘thought-police’ arresting anybody who shows even the slightest signs of thinking

Some governments in the world today restrict their people from talking bad about the government itself. The main government, also referred to as “The Party”, in George Orwell’s 1984 takes this concept and amplifies it, even the smallest facial movement could have you thrown in jail and tortured. There are many ways The Party keeps the citizens of Oceania in line; children spies, rewriting history, police that arrest people just for thinking that the government is wrong, and the most prevalent of all telescreens. The Party’s telescreens is one of the best ways The Party can control the masses. These telescreens not only keep watch of anyone in their view, they also play propaganda.

When George Orwell wrote his famous novel 1984 he feared that the late 20th century would bring forth totalitarian societies; unfortunately, his vision was true. Cited among the most famous in dystopian literature, this novel reminds the reader that free will is just an illusion. Orwell’s novel is not as fictitious as it seems; people within the dystopian state of Oceania are deceived and brainwashed everyday by their own government. The party is the current government in power and they have created a sophisticated system composed of multiple layers with one sole purpose; to prevent individuals from going against the path the government has paved. Individuals are sculpted by their government into having a bias, one sided perspective that seems

     In the novel 1984, Oceania is depicted as a totalitarian state. Oceania can be both similar and different compared to totalitarian states of the twentieth century, one imparticular, Germany’s National Socialism. Oceania and National Socialism are similar in several ways. A large part of the novel deals with the relationship between The Party and society. Many of the techniques used by The Party are similar to those used by Hitler. One of these ways, or techniques is propaganda. In Orwell’s novel propaganda was used through telescreens in everyone’s homes, which was a very easy way to broadcast the views and beliefs of The Party as well as control what the citizens of Oceania watched and listened to. Another form of propaganda in the novel is by the means of posters and slogans. In this society it as impossible to go anywhere without seeing a

Totalitarianism is the overarching theme of 1984, written by George Orwell in 1948. The novel details the story of Winston Smith, a self-described weakling who spends his life working for the omniscient and cruel government party Big Brother. The authority in Smith’s country Oceania, the Party keeps a tight leash on the terrified citizens that dwell in its cities. Their primary goal? To exert total mind control, building an army of brainwashed robots who will believe that two plus two equals five if Big Brother proclaimed it true. The Party achieves this state of submission in citizens with two important concepts: surveillance and false information. In fact, totalitarianism, specifically in George Orwell’s 1984, contributes to the spread of

In a future eerily imaginable when looking at the current state of humanity, there is no laughter, love, or loyalty, but only languor, loss, and lunacy, and resistance from the chokehold of oppression is a futile cause. For more insight on this frighteningly plausible fate, look no further than George Orwell’s 1984, a novel at the pinnacle of dystopian literature. Set in the superstate of Oceania, 1984 depicts the life of Winston Smith, a middle class man who struggles to stay credulous and mindlessly obedient in a society in which the Party, a deceptive and megalomaniacal oligarchy that operates under a potentially mythical leader by the name of Big Brother, heavily scrutinizes each person’s every move and does all that it can to regulate every possible aspect of everyone’s life. The Party employs a series of devices to exert control over its citizens, such as rewriting actual events, rationing, and two-minutes of daily hate, but by far, the most useful method that the Party utilizes to

I chose to read 1984 because I had previously read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and was interested in what George Orwell’s dystopia consisted of. Would technology influence the dystopia? Would the novel apply to us today? I wondered if Orwell was able to recognize and accurately predict the direction humanity is heading in. (Spoiler alert: he does.) After reading the novel, it is apparent that Orwell’s message to the world is that if the way in which we live does not change soon, one day in the near future we will all act as the civilians in this novel did. We will be the thoughtless robots who devote their lives to obeying Big Brother. In a totalitarian government, the people are controlled in every conceivable way. The same is true in

Days without food, nights without shelter and clothes without buttons are reality for homeless people around the world. Many are incapable of escaping their poverty and can not seem to find a way out of their bleak oppression. The few that do escape often help each other find a way to make their lives better and do not forget how to maintain friendships. George Orwell’s novel, Down and Out in Paris and London, displays the ability of those in poverty to escape their horrific lot in life through friendships and connections. The common goal of shelter and freedom from oppression bonds many of the lower class. Many in poverty work together to find the best means to achieve their common

Poverty in 20 century is further discussed and analyzed. People rarely consider that the poverty is caused by economic inequality; income not divided evenly, and class structure in the USA becoming like a fat jar with small base. With the growing concern of poverty, people begin to think whether American Dream still exists in this country. However, the poverty phenomena is gradually being changed. In contrast to modern society, the working poor nowadays have better condition than the situation that described in the book of Down and Out of Paris and London. During the Orwell’s period, he described the dehumanized working circumstances as a plongeurs. Although poverty in 20st century remains, the situations that the working poor face actually become much better compared with 1930’s Paris. That is, comparing to the old days, in contemporary society, the working poor get helps from government, and are empowered by both the government and themselves, and receive the helps from philanthropic organizations.