Fear And Failure In 1984 By George Orwell's 1984

Being structured on fear inhibits the possibility of a civilization's endurance. Fear can cause people to become unpredictable, to the point of sacrificing strong beliefs they once held. In 1984, Winston is determined to not sacrifice his relationship with Julia, as they both tell O'Brien that they are unwilling "'to separate and never see one another again'"(Orwell, 173), and when tortured, Winston holds on to the fact that he has held to his beliefs and not betrayed Julia(273). However, when placed in Room 101, facing his greatest fear, Winston quickly forgets his will to not hurt his relationship and his hope in the fact that he has not been unfaithful to her. When his fear gets closer, he exclaims, "'Do it to Julia...I don't care what you do to her'"(286). This exposure to Winston's greatest fear caused him to behave contradictory to his previous belief of loyalty

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.

“Self-preservation is the first law of nature.” (Samuel Butler 1675) It’s common sense and hard wired into the minds of all humans and animals, that if your safety is questioned then your minds will make you do anything to return to whatever makes you feel peace. Playing on common fears of people, will strengthen power and will erase any inquiring into their policies (commandments). Orwell not only wanted to show fear in a fictional sense, but in the non-fictional sense as well. Orwell produced this by the characterisation of the pigs, with the progression of pig to man and this general stigma of pigs being used to describe man; this is largely evident at the end of the novel, “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig,

These contradictions throughout the society serve as a confusion of what is right compared to what is wrong throughout their society. The people don’t know whether to believe in the things their government says or not due to everything being a contradiction. For example when Winston starts writing his diary of thoughts against the government, it is due to the fact that he doesn’t know what is right or what he should do if he doesn’t agree with the government's opinions on different ideas. Therefore, he feels that the only thing he can do is what his mind tells him to do, and that is to write his thoughts down against the government in the form of his diary. The doublethink philosophy makes the people question what is right

Fear, although it may not seem to be, is an ever constant emotion that is going through everyone during many moments of their day. Some may not admit to it and others will let you know whether it may be a phobia, fear of presenting in front of the boss, or just not wanting to go through something alone. Power is always through those that have a greater role or have the urge to make a change to the higher power. In at least every book or movie, there is one person that shows their fear and/or power to the audience which brings them more to their character. Power can, in the slightest way, bring fear into others to change the way that they behave and create an even bigger power to rule over. In the movie V for Vendetta, fear is shown through the movie as, fear in the main character herself, Evey and her actions, the people apart of the London government with the power of V’s government and the rising of Lewis Prothero and symbolism of both fear and power within the movie. In comparison, George Orwell's novel 1984 shows in great length of fear through the main character Winston Smith shows his fears by going against Big Brother, government of Oceania taking over the lives of innocent people and symbolism of both fear and power within the novel. Power and fear show great comparison in these to classic government feuds by two people that fear the most.

Throughout the novel 1984, BIG BROTHER controls society through the use of fear. Enforcing the use of fear among the people of Oceania was the so called “Thought Police “ that continuously patrolled the city. The citizens know and fear that if they think one thought against the party, they will be taken, thoughtcrime they called it. “Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you" (Orwell, 1984, 134). Now that the society is concealed and enshrouded in BIG BROTHER’s rule, all that the people can do is follow, conform and do as they are told.

Before every sporting event at Bexley High School the announcer says, “we live in a country with freedoms like no other”. He is right. We do have freedoms that aren’t afforded any other place on earth, but as Americans we often take those freedoms for granted and assume we have them even when we might not. Often times we are being oppressed not by a law, but fear. This control by fear is used both by the government in George Orwell’s 1984 and by modern American media and politicians.

Though written sixty-five years ago, 1984 by George Orwell was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Orwell’s depiction of a futuristic dystopian society makes the novel prophetic and thought provoking. We will divulge into: Orwell’s background; Winston Smith, the novel’s protagonist, and the origin of his name; the structural conventions in the novel; Orwell’s use of important characters that’s never-seen; the story’s turning points, the mentor, the “item”, and the “secret”; Julia as the “goddess” and the “temptress”/femme fatale; Orwell’s use of Charrington and O’Brien in terms of foreshadowing; and if what Winston learns is inevitable, a surprise and/or a disappointment.

Based on events from the past and what is shown in 1984, I believe a society focused on fear and hatred will not be able to flourish. O’Brien argued, in the novel, that The Party has control over external reality because nothing exists outside the mind, only The Party exists (Orwell). Winston responded to this by saying that a society that lives on fear and hatred would have no vitality, it would disintegrate, and it would commit suicide (Orwell). I personally agree with Winston because a society needs to breathe or have freedoms in order to survive. In essence, I believe a society based on hate and suffering, such as what O’Brien described, could not exist for long, and the intoxication of power and thrill of victory could not be enough motivation for people to continue living without friendship or love, and I could not live in such a suffering society.

In the novel, 1984, George Orwell describes a dystopian future in which the citizens are living under the control of a totalitarian regime. The “Party”, Orwell’s version of the modern day government, used their power to keep constant surveillance of the citizens, censor information, and manipulate the people. Through the use of telescreens and microphones, the Party was able to watch and listen to the citizens whenever they were in range. Party members were also responsible for the systematic destruction of words from the dictionary. Scare tactics related to war were used to control the citizens into conforming to the Party’s ideals. These concepts of corrupt power is seen in modern day society as well. Orwell’s version of the future was relevant, because it mirrors the government of modern day society due to the fact that the government uses surveillance to watch people, it manipulates citizens to support war, and it censors words and terms.

In book one, Orwell sets up this dystopian society in which the fear you have controls the actions you take. There are telescreens set up in every room and everywhere outside allowing the parties and Big Brother to see everything the proles do. With this, rises paranoia because now people are afraid to do certain things that would be considered unlawful, like writing or committing thoughtcrime. The idea of fear is already strong in this book, but the fact that the author puts posters and telescreens saying “Big Brother is Watching You,” outside on most the buildings places the paranoia at a higher level. The proles are told that Big brother is the leader of the party, but they don’t even know if he actually exists. Another example that can

In the context of government, power and control are synonymous. The more control a ruler has over his people the more powerful he is. Despots take this idea to an extreme, seeking control at the expense of their subjects. Privacy is sacrificed for “security”. Lies of propaganda become the truth for “education”. In this way the promises of peace, and prosperity that the ruler used to gain power are turned on their head, causing violence and destitution. Orwell paints a picture of a world that takes all of this even further, using his story as a case study on a despotic government’s potential to ruin their citizen’s live, and in what ways they ruin it for the sake of power. Orwell argues that political control stems from the government’s ability

Fear. Fear is one of the primal feelings that humanity will never fully rid itself of. No matter how far we progress mentally and physically, the natural instincts that have been transferred onto each evolution will continue to be there. In the book 1984 written by George Orwell you can see how fear is used as a way to control and command and rule over a population and how it affects the characters actions. We follow Winston Smith living in this world war filled country called Oceana. While Winston lives his days, in a brainwashed society, he wishes to break out of, yearning for free speech and freedom. He goes hard to rebel only for the enemy to break him down using his weakness and fears, and turns him into one of the brainwashed people

In the book, 1984 Orwell was using a society that was living in total fear with the thought of death in every person's head if they went against the party or big brother. His plan was to instill fear into the characters to show how if you live in a society of fear you will never be able to have fun or take a risk without worrying about the punishment. Fear is a powerful thing that can cause physically draining and mentally break down within the charters in the book. Make people afraid by the all-day surveillance through television screen to make sure people in the party follow by party rules. With the thought of being killed if they ever spoke their mind about how the party handles things

This book starts in London on April fourth, 1984. The book is written in partly third person, and partly in first person. The book is divided into three distinct parts. The first part is showing you the main character, Winston Smith and his differences and frustration with the world he works and lives in. The country or the “Super state” he lives in called Oceania is run under a government called INGSOC (English Socialism). The leaders of the nation are called "The Party." The Party is divided into two sections, The Inner Party, and The Outer Party. The "Rich" and the "middle-class." There is a third group of people called "The Proles," or "The Proletariat" who are the lower class or the poorer class. The main leader of this government is called “Big Brother” and there also a very famous conspiracy theory about a traitor of the state by a person called “Emmanuel Goldstein” who was part of the inner party and then betrayed the state. The book is about the life of Smith with his frustration towards the government and the society he lives and the journey he embarks on from hating the party to finding comfort in another party worker and to eventually falling in love with big brother. The book is divided into three parts with the first part explaining the dynamics and structure of the new world. The second part focuses on how Smith finds solace by committing “though crime” as his act against the party and finally,