Big Brother In George Orwell's 1984

With the power hungry Party and the most acknowledged face of Big Brother watching and monitoring everybody, the story of “1984” by George Orwell expresses the utmost control over their people and have the absolute power with their country Oceania. The Party believes that Big Brother will live on forever, because of the constant removal of those who are unfaithful and the rewriting of history. However, with the example of the main character showing disobedience against the Party, there is a chance for this type of ruling to fail and be destroyed by the people. The main possible cause of the fall of Big Brother is most likely the underestimation of the power of the people.

In the appendix of George Orwell’s 1984, “The Principles of Newspeak,” it is written in past tense. This shows readers that Big Brother had fallen, perhaps fallen quite hard. So, how did this all-knowing, all-seeing, immortal concept of Big Brother fall from power? In Emmanuel Goldstein’s or maybe even O'Brien and the Inner Party’s, The Principles and Practices of Oligarchical Collectivism, its demonstrates the four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power. Although three of them seem probable, there is one that truly stood out, “..., or it governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt.” I believe that this is going to cause the fall of Big Brother because the government is inefficient, and as Winston says, “If there is hope, it lies in the proles.”

Additionally, the portrayal of this dystopian society controlled by a totalitarian government might have been understood well by contemporary audiences, mirroring the rules of totalitarian regimes such as Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy- the citizens have no influence on the government and have no freedom of choosing the rules that govern and control every part of their lives. Therefore, Winston blames the misery in his life totally and completely on the government and on Big Brother. In Winston’s case, we can see that the propaganda, deprivation, and strict rules fail to make him concur with the party and accept Big Brother- in this situation, the party has to use extreme force and torture to make Winston love the party as well as Big Brother, in order for the party to maintain complete power.

Dystopia: a society characterized by human misery and oppression. A Dystopian world is controlled by a government that can do no wrong. They weed out the individuals and groups that have the thought or intend to commit their lives to “dethroning” the ruler; Big Brother. The government will do anything to protect their way of life. They will go to the extremes of changing the past to control the future. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the citizens live in a definitive dystopian world where the government forces the comrades to fit Big Brother’s purpose.

Can Big Brother decide what is real and what isn't? Yes, they can. They torture people until they are hallucinating and they see what Big Brother wants them to see. He controls the past by restricting the constituents(the people) from keeping a record of what they go through daily. Any form of the past is thrown into “memory holes” located all around Oceana, thus enabling Big Brother to control the past, present, and meir future.

When power goes too far, you get to see what people are really like. George Orwell’s 1984 demonstrates a strong sense of totalitarianism in a society called “Oceania”. The leader of Oceania is the Inner Party, or “the Party” for short. The Party is a group of elites who use a symbolic figure they call “Big Brother” to control the middle and lower classes. They use the Thought Police, which is a government group of unknown individuals that aim to suppress these lower classes and their individuality. This helps to accomplish the Party’s goal of complete control. In a world with manipulation and surveillance, it is inevitable that government corruption exists.

One person can destroy all The idea of one person being able to control the actions and thoughts of an entire society is extremely terrifying. An example of this is Big Brother from George Orwell’s 1984. This one character can control and torture a whole civilization with just a few pictures and words.

Wake up World You are being watched. Don’t turn left or right because one wrong move you are gone. Imagine living in a world where you are being controlled by the government. In the novel 1984 that is what Winston and the whole city of Oceania is going through.

Imagine living in a world where you could not make your own choices, or be your own person. In the novel 1984, this is exactly what happened. In a place called Oceania where there is no such thing as privacy and personal freedom (Roelofs), the main character Winston Smith, is living a strict life under the demanding party known as Big Brother. Winston decides that he wants his life back to normal and tries to rebel against the Party. Meanwhile, he is thought to be a lunatic because he is living his life how a normal person would, but everyone else is now living under what is thought to be a utopia society. Throughout the book Winston strongly disagrees with the fact that every second he is being keep under surveillance. Though at some points he believes he is being discrete, in reality someone is always watching. In 1984, George Orwell depicts the lack of privacy and loss of individualism which affects the characters and the society as a whole.

In 1984, people are constantly being brainwashed into thinking that they cannot trust anyone which in turn, creates a sense disparity in society. Everyone is taught from an early age that they cannot trust anyone else other than The Party. Citizens are constantly doing so much work in life that they do not realize what is really happening. People are always judging each other because “In the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement was scrutinized” (Orwell 3). Society is constantly judging each other based on characteristics they themselves do not confide in. This keeps the cycle of Big Brother in power because they are all caught up in what the scrutiny may be. More importantly, darkness

The Fall of Big Brother What comes up must come down. No matter how powerful a government or dictator is their reign must come to an end at some point. A society built on hate and forceful control is bound to come crumbling down. There are only four ways in which a ruling group such as the one from the novel, “1984” by George Orwell will fall.

1984 was written as a warning from Orwell about how he viewed the world turn into.

In a world of constant varying opinions, we can see the world conforming into something different than anyone has ever imagined. A big part of a working society would be its government because it has the jurisdiction to determine the laws of the land. In the play 1984 by George Orwell, we can see how “Big Brother” plays an immense role in the lives of its citizens, so much so that it controls their lives. As our government is not as extreme as the one in the play, there are sections that may appear true, or even very similar to many situations, depending on your political views.

The book 1984 (1949) is an original by the writer George Orwell. The book has arguably been credited with being a replica of Orwell's real life and attitude. The events following the protagonist are similar to those in real life of Orwell's creation.

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche.