George Orwell: Overview By Richard Cowper

The book, 1984 by George Orwell, is about the external and internal conflicts that take place between the two main characters, Winston and Big Brother and how the two government ideas of Democracy and totalitarianism take place within the novel. Orwell wrote the novel around the idea of communism/totalitarianism and how society would be like if it were to take place. In Orwell’s mind democracy and communism created two main characters, Winston and Big Brother. Big Brother represents the idea of the totalitarian party. In comparison to Big Brother, Winston gives and represents the main thought of freedom, in the novel Winston has to worry about the control of the thought police because he knows that the government with kill anyone who

“1984” is an imaginary novel wrote by George Orwell in 1949. The novel takes place in a fictional country called Oceania. In 1984, the society is a mess in the control of the “big brother”, people are leveled by three three classes: the upper class party, the middle outer class party, and the lower class proles. But the lower class make up 85 per cent of the people in Oceania. Winston is a outer class party member working for the “big brother”. This novel uses Winston as an example to show how the “big brother” takes the control by mind, manipulation and technology.

The protagonist in Orwell’s 1984 is Winston Smith. In the novel the reader experiences the dangers of a totalitarian world through the eyes of Winston Smith. He, unlike the other citizens of Oceania, is aware of the illusions that the Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police institute. Winston’s personality is extremely pensive and curious; he is desperate to understand the reasons why the Party exercises absolute power in Oceania. Winston tests the limits of the Party’s power through his secret journal, committing an illegal affair, and being indicted into an Anti-Party Brotherhood. He does all his in hopes to achieve freedom and independence, yet in the end it only leads to physical and psychological torture, transforming him into a loyal subject of Big Brother.

“1984” by George Orwell is a utopian and dystopian novel, this novel is enticing and while very gloomy proves to be an extraordinary book with an old futuristic feel to it. In the very beginning of the novel, we are introduced to a character named Winston, who has a very strong opinion against the Party and he immediately has thoughts and actions going against the organization which controls the world that he lives in. He first keeps a record of his thoughts in a diary and then joining what he thought was the “Brotherhood” which tries to sabotage the Party with the hope of making it fail, falls in love with a girl named Julia and strives to live a life that is not controlled by the Party. Major events of this story were that Winston wrote

The main character in George Orwell’s book 1984 is a thirty-nine year old man with the name of Winston Smith. Winston Smith creates thought crimes, he also has anti-Party views. The story “1984” tells about all of Winston Smith’s struggles. In an effort to avoid being monitored, Winston physically conforms to society, however mentally he does just the opposite. Winston is a thin, frail and intellectual thirty-nine year old. Winston hates totalitarian control and enforced repression that are characteristics of his government. Winston hates being watched by Big Brother. He always has revolutionary dreams, he feels like he would be protected. Julia is Winston’s lover, a beautiful dark- haired girl working in the

After Winston comes back from tortured in Room 101, he finally understands all that he wanted too, he had finally changed. At the top of his ideological development, Winston was intellectually murdered.He knew what he wanted to know, but he didn’t believe himself. The only think he could was the Party, and Big

George Orwell's 1984 is about a totalitarianism, dystopian society that Winston Smith finds himself living in. Wherever Winston goes, whether it's work or his house, the Party, known as Big

1984 by George Orwell is a story about Winston Smith who lives in London, Airstrip 1, Oceania where the government is controlled by The Party. The Party consists of Inner and Outer Party, each of which wears their own set of identical uniforms. Winston leads himself in rebellious acts against his totalitarian government, including sex with a woman named Julia and joining a fake society to take down the government. By committing these acts he is able to reclaim his individuality along with his freedom. After committing these treasonous acts Winston is arrested and taken to a torture chamber called room 101. In room 101 he has to face his deepest fear of rats, where he finally gives in to all the torture and his government and is then killed.

George Orwell was the pseudonym for Eric Arthur Blair, and he was famous for his personnel vendetta against totalitarian regimes and in particular the Stalinist brand of communism. In his novel, 1984, Orwell has produced a brilliant social critique on totalitarianism and a future dystopia, that has made the world pause and think about our past, present and future, as the situation of 1984 always remains menacingly possible. The story is set in a futuristic 1984 London, where a common man Winston Smith has turned against the totalitarian government. Orwell has portrayed the concepts of power, marginalization, and resistance through physical, psychological, sexual and political control. The way that Winston Smith, the central

In 1984, the last and largest work of Orwell’s life, the oppression becomes even more sinister. Winston, a member of the “party,” decides to break away from the melancholy lifestyle in which “freedom is slavery” and rebel against the government that restrains him. The party even erases all of history and claims that reality is within the mind; “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” He becomes conscious of all the trickery and lies of the party and joins a secret organization to fight for freedom. The organization, however, is a lie and Winston is tortured until he learns to truly love Big Brother. 1984 makes prominent stabs at the

Imagine living in a world controlled and ran by a select number of people and never having the ability to think freely of your thoughts. The book 1984 written by George Orwell is a book that takes its readers, though the life of a character named Winston. Winston’s journey starts out at his first thought of rebelling against the government named Big Brother. This type of thought is illegal in the terms of the government, but Winston rides out this roller coaster until in the end he loves big brother. There are many elements in this book that present themselves, such as character, symbols, conflict, theme, and the thoughts that start out during the beginning of the book vs the end.

​1984 is George Orwell’s novel that is set in a dystopian society. In the novel Winston Smith is a member of the ruling party, the Outer Party. He also works for the ministry of truth involved in distorting and rewriting history. However he is against the tyranny of the government, the Big Brother. He is restricted to do anything because everywhere is fitted with telescreens. Just when he thinks he can link up with people in privacy and do something about the government, he soon discovers that O’Brien whom he had believed was a member of Inner Party was in reality an agent of Big Brother. Smith is finally caught together with a girl he was an affair with and they are questioned about their revolutionary ideas. When he refuses to talk he is taken to room 101, where people are taken to face their biggest fears; in this case rats. In the story, Smith’s efforts have been curtailed by the investigative and surveillance powers

When Orwell introduces Winston Smith, he does not describe some special chosen hero ready to liberate the world of repression. Instead, he describes a regular man, living life in this tough world. Winston “was thirty-nine and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle” and “went slowly” because of his frail deposition (Orwell, ch. 1). Orwell begins the novel describing Smith’s weaknesses, like his older age and his health problems. These details quickly clash against what Smith is about to do, something that is punishable by the thought police. In a book, which was “a compromising possession”, he was about to “open a diary” (Orwell, ch. 1). Although what he was doing was not illegal, “if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death”, since INGSOC never said their citizens could have a diary. He began to write trivial things in his diary, like movies he

In a vast majority of George Orwell's writings, one topic that Orwell discusses and shows his concern toward most is the ideology of “Propaganda” and how it is utilized by powerful political parties and leaders. Orwell is very fearful of propaganda because political parties are capable of using this concept as a weapon to control behavior and thoughts of people. In my essay I will be discussing the following works of George Orwell: Looking Back on the Spanish War, Politics and the English Language, Animal Farm and 1984. With the use various characters, symbols and themes, George Orwell draws a clear picture regarding how through misuse of language, technology and religion, propaganda is developed and marketed to the public.

The novel 1984 is a futuristic totalitarian society where everyone is kept under close surveillance and is forced to follow all rules and laws of the state. The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell and published in 1950. The main characters were Big Brother, Winston Smith, Julia, O’Brien, Syme and Emmanuel Goldstein. Winston Smith is a low man on the totem pole when it came to the ruling Party in London, Oceania. His every move is watched by the Party through devices called telescreens. Posted everywhere around the city is the face of their leader, “Big Brother” informing them that he is always watching. He works in the “Ministry of Truth” which is ironic seeing that they alter history to fit the liking of the Party. As this book continues Winston challenged the laws and skirts around the fact that he is always being watched. His shocking and rebellious act is “falling in love.” Throughout this novel George Orwell utilizes symbolism to further enhance the totalitarian features of the society. In many ways these symbols represent the things that this society hasn’t experienced and doesn’t understand.