Fear And Failure In 1984 By George Orwell's 1984

Orwell is making a statement that describes how fear is a way stronger force than love. The Party works to rebel all physical temptations of love, and depersonalizes sex to the point where it is referred to as a "duty to the Party". Some Party organizations even advocate complete abstinence and procreation only through insemination. Fear is an element of human nature that cannot be changed fear has always existed within every human being and always will. The fear of physical pain, fear of the loss of something, fear of commitment, or fear of consequences.

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

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

I just wanted to sleep and not wake up. I mean what are the chances of still being alive in the next three days. The Party by now probably knows that i'm hiding the diary... it's a just a matter of time till i'm gone. In 1948 by George Orwell the theme seen is, fear is power that others have over you.

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.

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

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.

“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

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.

George Orwell himself said “If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever.” Without a doubt in his time Orwell didn’t believe in a hopeful future. As a result of this, in 1984 George Orwell produced a tyrannical state in Oceania to instill fear in the minds of those in the west during the cold war, in order to warn them about Stalinist Russia. Orwell does this by having Big Brother constantly surveilling his citizens, changing the truth and lying to the citizens of Oceania and controlling the citizens’ access to goods. These contribute to represent a grim vision of the future that Orwell imagines.

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

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,

“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,

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.

Titled ‘1984’, this commercial is heavily based on George Orwell’s novel of the same name. Through the use of the novel’s bleak dystopian society as the setting, Apple effectively portrays itself and its products as unique and standing out from the crowd. The novel uses technology in a negative fashion to control civilisation. The Apple commercial features a young woman grasping a hammer who represents the protagonist of the novel, Winston Smith, and here instead portrays Apple, the underdog who has come to save the crowds of consumers who have been mindlessly controlled and brainwashed by Big Brother, in reality the large computer company IBM.