Compare And Contrast 1984 And Walden

1984 is a forecast of an anti-utopian world. Oceania, where the book is set, is led by the socialist leader, Big Brother. In this state, all thoughts and actions are monitored through

In the novel 1984 George Orwell demonstrates how the government maintains power through mind control and manipulation of the masses. Orwell hints that when the government (Big Brother), holds too much power they become crooked and devious towards the rest of the population. In a nutshell Orwell is conveying that a corrupt government destroys all chances for an ideal society. Collectively, George Orwell made a prediction of what was going to happen, and it has become a reality to some extent. Overall this is a great book for the current political state.

1984 was primarily written to bring light to the dehumanization a totalitarian government may provoke. There were many cases in this novel where the citizens of Oceania were exploited to promote the Party’s own agenda. Propaganda being one of these exploitations, the man with the mustachioed face, also known as Big Brother. The people of Oceania may see this and think of the name Big Brother, a family member, someone who will protect and care for their family’s wellbeing. Yet the posters read “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” a scary thought indeed. The Party is manipulating its people

In 1984 there are many topics that are discussed that can give us an insight of the world we live in today. The government watching everything they do can teach us to be more thankful that our government is no longer like that. We have laws we must follow but we know that having that much control over the people isn’t right or healthy. Big Brother had control of most aspects of the people in Oceania. The parties would decide if you would get married to the person you wanted to be with, but you could not show any physically attraction to one another. If Big Brother wasn’t deciding the party was, no one people were to have any say or control in their lives. We know that that kind of control isn’t something that we would want for our society.

The government in 1984 uses Big Brother to manipulate fear into the people. Big Brother imposes fear through the fact that he is the leader of the country of Oceania. Big Brother also uses fear by watching people, making sure they do not break any laws, and making sure the offenders are taken care of if they do break the laws. Also, people are so afraid

The books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Orwell have similar themes like rebellion and questioning the government. Fahrenheit 451 is about a firefighter named Guy Montag who burns books for the government. As his story progresses he begins to read the books and starts to question the government. 1984 has similar characteristics in tone and theme. Winston is not allowed to oppose his government in thought or action. He slowly starts to rebel by secretly writing a diary, falling in love, and reading forbidden books. Both of these novels have an oppressive government that strives to control its people and protagonists that refuse to conform.

To an American reading 1984, the dystopian future Orwell describes may seem far-fetched, but in reality it is far closer to fact than fiction. Throughout 1984 fear is a key weapon used for the oppression of the masses. By portraying Emmanuel Goldstein as the ultimate threat to the lives that the people of London Big Brother is able to create an unifying force for the people to struggle against. The people become so enveloped by their fear that they quickly loose sight of who the real oppressor is, the State.

Erich Fromm states that 1984 serves as a warning for future generations. It warns of what will come if we continue trade our free will -the very essence of what makes us human- for advancements in technology unless we attempt to prevent it. Today, we are throwing George Orwell's warning aside. We are slowly letting technology take control, as it becomes a necessary in our daily life. Due to this we see our own Big Brother like organizations forming presently which can track our every move, similarly to how Big Brother - the political party which controls Oceania with an iron fist and watches what everyone does using telescreens- can follow Winston's - the protagonist in 1984- every move. Furthermore, similarly to how Winston ignorantly questioned Big Brother's existence, people today question whether these organization actually tracking our every move and are ignorant of what's happening right in front of their eyes.

The author created an alternate dimension where the future was a nightmare: being watched at all times, no private moments, and no ties to anyone except Big Brother were allowed. 1984 is an endeavor by Orwell to make the public face their reality head on, to make them realize that they are capable of choosing their way of life. Choosing powerful themes, he wants to awaken primal emotions in his audience; he wants them to struggle under the finger of Big Brother and not be tolerant of such dictatorship. Orwell needs people to think and decide for themselves what they want in life. He doesn’t want to them to follow submissively but guide and construct their own future by any means

1984 is a book that explains how bad it would be to be under a totalitarian government they control how you think and act. A totalitarian government can almost every form of government as long the people do not have all of the power in the government. The reason for this is that people would not willingly consent to to lose their freedom to act or how they think. 1984 was written during the years of the rise of the nazi germany. This book was written to inform people about how bad life would be if totalitarianism was your government.

This leads me to the allegory present in 1984. As you all know, an allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. If you think back to the time in which the novel was written, just after WWII, and just after Stalin’s time in power, the political message becomes very clear. Big Brother, and his oppressive nature are

1984 is complex in the way it was written, the society has a sort or language it seems called doublethink. Doublethink is a backwards thing it makes things that are usually said the opposite of what they are usually, in example in

George Orwell’s novel 1984 depicts an overruled society where the general population basically is robbed of their rights to kind of live a for all intents and purposes normal kind of human life, or so they thought. In the book the society is for all intents and purposes run by a party and a figure known as Big Brother. The Party and basically Big Brother can control anything and everything including people''s memories. Big Brother and the party can control the information people take in, but they can also really take that information away by any means in a subtle way. There are different ways the party and for all intents and purposes big brother strike fear to their community so they can literally ensure full control of everyone.

”Nobody has ever seen Big Brother. He is a face on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen. We may be reasonably sure that he will never die, and there is already considerable uncertainty as to when he was born.” The plot of 1984 is created around the myth of Big Brother. He watches you and everything you do, and those who think or act in a way that is not wanted by the leading

1984 is about a totalitarian party that control every single citizen of Oceania. This government forbids every emotional manifestation, thus, sex is considered as a crime. In fact, there is and organization called 'Anti-sex league'. People have to worship the system to save their lives. The Thought Police is in charge of conspirators' punishments and deaths, where sometimes have to accuse innocent people in order achieve their goals. Winston, who is a member of the Outer party, knows that something bad occurs, so he goes against the government, even though he knows Big Brother is always watching him. The outer party watch everything, every daily activity. Furthermore, in every street and house there are surveillance devices, which are called