Dystopian Society In 1984 And George Orwell's 1984

“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength” (Orwell 7). These expressions are unusual in a sense, but for Winston in George Orwell’s 1984 they were reality, statements that were constantly being preached to the people and posted everywhere. 1984 follows Winston as he slowly undergoes his own personal growth of edging away from the Party and Big Brother as he finds certain evidence of the past and of a corrupt government. As Winston continues to grow as a person he begins to become more human as he slowly regains his human instincts and begins to have a better understanding of the world or of how the world should be. This doesn't last long though, as Winston is soon taken in to confess for his crimes, and is slowly rewritten to believe what the party says and to love Big Brother. 1984 is related to American culture today because we can find that in our society there are many examples of doublethink, such as war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength.

George Orwell’s 1984, widely known for its chilling descriptions of the dystopian society of Oceania, warns of a world in which individuality is virtually destroyed as one oppressive government controls all aspects of life. Decades after the novel’s publication in 1949, various nations today draw unsettling parallels with the characteristics of the government described in 1984. North Korea is one such example, particularly seen as a controversial topic in global debate. Although North Korea and Oceania in 1984 both possess totalitarian governments that attempt to control and restrict individualism, the means in which each government originated and gained authority differ.

When George Orwell wrote his novel, 1984, Hitler and Mussolini had recently been defeated in World War II, the nuclear arms race was warming up and the Soviet Union was a threat to the world. Although these are not problems in today's society, 1984 is still very relevant in current time, "The twentieth century will soon be over, but political terror still survives and this is why Nineteen Eighty-four remains valid today” (Ricks 5). In the novel 1984 the main character Winston is faced with challenges when he meets a woman named Julia. Julia makes him question his loyalty to the government. They are living under a totalitarian government that sees everything you do, hears everything you say, and knows everything you think. George Orwell’s novel 1984 is still relevant in today’s society.

Throughout history there have been societies known to base their political and moral structure based on hate towards a certain group that they find to be unfitting within their preset standards. Various groups whom have based their entire campaign on hate have managed to maintain power and a presence through long periods of time and some are still present today yet they no longer posses the same amount of influence which they once had through their uprising. Although there have been several occasions in which these societies have demonstrated their passionate hate towards societies they tend to not withstand power and stability during a long period of time doing so because they hold no actual tangible power. In the novel 1984, George Orwell depicts a dystopian society where every source of reliability has been altered by the government. Within the society they've constructed a Ministry of Truth, a department specifically dedicated to modify and rewrite the content of all books, newspapers, articles, and documents for its own benefits."changes in political alignment, or mistaken prophecies uttered by Big Brother, have been rewritten a dozen times still stood on the files bearing its original data, and no

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” This is the slogan of the Inner Party in 1984. George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 depicts a terrifying and bleak image of the future under “Big Brother” — an authoritarian regime that controls not only the citizens’ action, but their very own thoughts. The novel was written in 1948 as a critique of authoritarianism and Stalinism, after Orwell’s travel to Spain where he witnessed the atrocities committed by the fascist Spanish regime during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The rise of the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union and Adolf Hitler in Germany inspired Orwell’s enmity toward totalitarianism and authoritarianism. Although written as a political satire over half a century ago, 1984 lives today not only as a well-crafted novel, but also as a terrific prophecy of the contemporary United States. Nobody is willing to admit that people are living in the society of 1984. Its authoritarian state is toxic to the health of democracy. But if one really analyzes what is happening in the United States — the closure of public schools and its effect on the pervasive incarceration of the black population, and the mass surveillance — one may find a striking resemblance to the dystopian society of 1984. To this extent, 1984 successfully advances the authoritarianism in the United States that resembles the authoritarian control in 1984. These critiques of the new authoritarianism in the United States include the

1984, a novel by George Orwell, depicts a society with dystopian aspects. Airstrip One, located in the province of Oceania, has changed dramatically, as Winston Smith remembers it. As of now, Winston, just like every other citizen living in Airstrip One, is subjugated by Big Brother, who controls the oppressive totalitarian society. George Orwell emphasizes corruption, oppression, and deprivation in 1984, allowing the essence of a dystopia to be prominent throughout the whole novel. The main purpose of writing 1984, was to raise the subject of the possible power a government could have.

The scene is London, Oceania, the year is most likely 1984, but the main character Winston is never quite sure. George Orwell created a dystopian novel that warns against a totalitarian government where Big Brother is always watching. The main character is a middle aged man named Winston. His journal is the beginning, there are no laws, but free thinking can get you killed. He believes he has found a spot in his apartment that the telescreen cannot see him if he is quiet. His neighbors are stereotypical citizens: the husband too naïve to get killed, the wife overworked and scared of her children, the children are blood thirsty little creatures. Winston works in the fiction department where it is his job to go through and rewrite the

In his novel 1984, George Orwell portrays a perfectly dystopian society: an all-powerful government, its repressed people, and the detailed mechanisms that allow these two vastly different groups to take place and interact as they do. The book serves as a caution of what would happen if people succumbed to the chains forced on or offered to them by the mighty. Methods similar to the ones used by the government in 1984 to hold on to leadership of the state are also being used by the 2016 presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, in their election efforts. These said devices are purposed primarily to improve their image to the public, because it is these images that the public will use to decide who to vote for. A multitude of strategies are brought into play in this game of perception--from scapegoats to slogans and everything in between--by both the fictitious 1984 authorities and the very real presidential nominees.

The novel 1984 reflects a world of domination with the help of hatred and cruelty. The Party Big Brother was the head of the community . The journey that the protagonist of the novel, Winston Smith, goes through is high maintenance surveillance and mind control. 1984 is a reflection of a dystopian society because of its lack of freedom and possessive government. The people who live in this society are unhappy and do not have their own privacy or rights. They are constantly monitoring their actions to ensure that people are following the rules of Big Brother.

The book 1984, written by George Orwell, is about a dystopian society based on what the future would be like in the late 1900s. A Dystopia is an imagined place or state where everything is controlled by a higher power in an orderly fashion. In 1984, Orwell explains that sexual intimacy is something this dystopian society despises and it symbolizes not being pure.

“WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” Part 1,Chapter 1,pg. 6. These three principles were repeatedly emphasized throughout the book and helped lay the foundation of the dystopian society George Orwell imagined in his novel 1984. Fear, manipulation, and control were all encompassed throughout this dystopian society set in the distant future. The freedom to express ones thoughts was no longer acceptable and would not be tolerated under any circumstances. Humankind was rapidly transforming into a corrupt and evil state of mind.

Born as Eric Arthur Blair, George Orwell became aware of the segregation between classes while attending preparatory school as a young boy. He soon wrote books which helped open the eyes of others to the cruel world being lived in 1984. Orwell’s most popular novel 1984, allows one to become fearful of the path in which society is taking. As Orwell predicted, most of society today has become immune to the tragedies caused by governments all around the globe, Syria being a prime example. With war raging and humanity decreasing, the topic of an utopian government in Orwell’s 1984 reveals dystopian factors, relating to the Syrian government today.

Totalitarianism is a system of government that is centralized, dictatorial, and requires complete subservience to the state, the state also recognizes no limits to its authorities. Oceania, where everything takes place, is a strictly enforced totalitarian society. In Oceania, there are strong laws on almost everything there is to think of. A person’s actions, thoughts, feelings, or way of life has to be under the guidelines of their government. If these rules aren’t followed the consequences can either be very simple or something very tortuous. The main character of 1984, Winston Smith experiences firsthand just how cruel the government can be. This can also relate to our government today. It can be an unthreatening crime to other citizens, but the punishment could still be life behind bars, or even death. On the other hand, punishments today may seem inferior to punishments given to the citizens of Oceania. In George Orwell’s 1984, the government of Oceania is very similar, yet completely different to our government today.

As much as the United States worries about outside terrorism, gangs are forming and creating terrorism all over the United States. A Utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. (“Utopia). A Dystopia is an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. (“Dystopia”). The Hells Angels think that they are creating a Utopia but actually they are robbing and killing people, which is the total opposite of a utopia. They try and cover up the bad things by doing generous things. One of the things that they have done is they camped outside of Walmart on the night of Christmas so that when it opened they could go in and buy all of the bicycles and donate them to charity. The book 1984 by George Orwell is a dystopia because there is no individualism, you cannot think for yourself without being prosecuted. The people that run Oceania think that they are running a utopia but actually it’s more of a dystopia. They think this because they have rations of all of the chocolate and they have class division. But actually it’s very corrupt because the lowest class is pretty much able to do whatever they want and don’t get in trouble. In both the book 1984 and the hells angels they try and create a utopia but they both fail and actually create a dystopia. This book and the hells angels just prove that a utopia will not work for example in the book the government thinks that there class

By most, if not all, of today's standards, death is not an appropriate crime for thinking badly of someone. George Orwell's 1984 is a fictional novel that shows how a totalitarian government can control every aspect of life including thoughts, punishable by death. Most members of the society see it as a utopia for the fact that all are equal and no crimes and laws exist. However, a utopia is a rarity in the real world and fictional novels. They always seem to fall apart and develop into a dystopian society where all members are constantly controlled and under surveillance. The difference between these two is that a utopia is generally seen as good, even by the Webster dictionary, “a place of ideal perfection, especially in laws, government, and social conditions.” On the contrary, a dystopia is portrayed as a failure and, “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives” (“Dystopia”). Now in the current world, Scientology is a tricky topic. Almost all of the members call it a great religion, a utopia, while outsiders view it as a controlling dystopia. The ideas of 1984 and how the society functions can be closely related to Scientology in the world today. In both the novel and Scientology, members have views greatly different from the outsiders who see them as dehumanized, brainwashed, animals.