George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four: Modernist Fable

Orwell's definition of a hero was “ordinary people doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency, even with the knowledge that they can't possibly succeed.” Winston Smith fits Orwell's description of a hero very well. Winston, while he is in full control of his mind, does fight to stop the party and help the people. From his lowly position, he isn't able to achieve much, but he also seeks the help of people higher up in the party to assist him. Eventually, because of his actions, he is captured by the party, tortured and brainwashed. That is what turns him into a Big Brother sympathizer, not any action that he takes.

2.) In the novel of Nineteen Eighty-Four Big brother is a superior ruler that is always trying to control the people by putting certain limit and consequences to those who do not listen. Big Brother is always invading the privacy of people and wants them to believe something that it’s not even true. The poor people cannot think for themselves nor have a normal life, in other words their rights are taken away. Winston Smith, the protagonist of Nineteen Eighty-Four falls in love with Julia, but because both are in control of the government or in other words big brother, their love is illegal, disgracefully their government, brain washes them and is able to separate them. Miserably these things still happen in modern society, especially with

1984 written by George Orwell is a famous classic novel. Focusing on a dystopian society, it effectively views the difficulties that thrive from a dystopian society. Moreover, 1984 is novel that connects to our world in many ways. A connection can easily be spotted while critically analyzing Orwell’s novel. While viewing the history of our world and the complications it faced, there is a clear relation that can be addressed. The novel 1984 is a commentary on the world wars, which took place during the early 1900’s.

In George Orwell’s book, Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dictatorial group called the Big Brother is said to always be watching you. Not only does this group inspect individuals from posters throughout the city, but also they listen and watch you through private telescreens, which is basically a two-way television. In this type of world it is easier to simply assume that you are always being watched, in fact that 's how many of the characters we encounter throughout this book act. Something should be clicking in your head right about now because this fictional world is actually very comparable to the surveillance systems that are present in our modern-day society. In reality, the majority of lives we are being watched, just as Winston and other Nineteen Eighty-Four characters are. Nowadays, we all live in a world where it is almost comedic to state that you are actually alone when in reality we are constantly being observed, tracked, eavesdropped on, and maybe even investigated just like those who inhabit this fictional Oceania. Truly, the world of George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four has become an authentic depiction of our own. It is known that surveillance plays a key role in how the Party keeps its power, influence and control in the novel. The citizens of Oceania are frequently being examined on their every action, breath and even their thoughts. The need for this surveillance comes directly from the Party’s desire for a perfect model of society. It would be far fetched to say

Nineteen Eighty-four is a story of complete re-creation of what was believe to happen during the time of nineteen eighty-four. There was suppose to be a a division of the world into three separate powers. George Orwell wrote this story as a warning of what might happen if we become totalitarian. The story is made out to be a fore-warning from Orwell of might happen if we ignore the thought a revolution(“Enduring relevance of George Orwell” 5). George Orwell showed everyone what it would be like to have the government have total control over the people. Nineteen Eighty-Four explains George Orwells thoughts on how the totalitarian government controlled the people, the problems that are caused from lack of privacy, the emotional effects leading from the force of no individualism, and the obstacles produced from the lack of connection from person to person.

In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four the author George Orwell created how he felt the world would be in the year nineteen eighty-four. In this fictional world, there were three super-states Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania; Oceania was the main super state where the novel took place. In Oceania, the government controlled everything: the citizens had no rights; the people were living in poor conditions, everyone was brainwashed, and hatred controlled everything. The novel focused on the rebellious ways of the protagonist, Winston and his love interest, Julia. During the novel, Winston and Julia do everything the government does not allow their citizens to do, such as their relationship. During this novel, Julia is not properly portrayed as a contemporary American woman.

My thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and words can reflect on who I am as a person. I cannot imagine not being able to think, say, or do as I wish. The idea of someone else controlling my thoughts and actions is mind-boggling. George Orwell has made a tremendous impact on the way we live our life today. His key ideas and insights have reflected on our life and way of living. He wrote four documentary studies, six novels, and hundreds of essays. Although he passed away on January 21, 1950, his memory and key ideas have left a memorable impact on society and the world we live in today.

Thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and words can reflect on who I am as a person. I cannot imagine not being able to think, say, and do as I wish. The idea of someone else controlling my thoughts and actions bothers me. George Orwell has made a tremendous impact on the way we live our life today. His key ideas and insights have reflected on our life and way of living. He wrote four documentary studies, six novels, and hundreds of essays. Although he passed away on January 21, 1950, his memory and ideas have left a memorable impact on society and the world we live in today.

In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, there are several elements of dystopian fiction that are present throughout the book. Just five of the elements present in the novel are the presence of a figurehead, the use of propaganda, the use of fear to control people, the use of surveillance, and the restrictions of freedoms. Together these elements come together and leave a large message about a societal trend that was occurring at the time of the novel's creation. Individually, though, each element can represent its own smaller criticism of a trend at the time.

“1984, A Utopian Novel Written in 1902” When you sit down in front of your computer to write an essay, there is just one thing that keeps you from filling that page in one hour: inspiration. Inspiration is what made the greatest writers on the planet what they are, and since even the greatest writers take this inspiration from their everyday life, their books are often a reflection of their experiences. The novel analysed in this essay is 1984 written by George Orwell. Living in harsh times, Orwell has had plenty of inspiration for this novel. Therefore, if Orwell had lived in a completely different time, his inspiration would have differed immensely.

Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-four, has been charged with containing sex references and being Communistic. Some are true to some extent if only ideas are taken out of context, but some of those charges are false and illogical. The book stands out very well, and it rarely faces issues to the point where it needed to be removed from curriculums. Critics and readers of all ages have acknowledged the novel as being a valuable novel. The novel portrays the pain and horror of a well-established totalitarian utopian state featuring great power and a wide range of imagination. Reasons behind reading and teaching this great novel, Nineteen Eighty-four, continue to be the as great in our modern day as many famous critics like Alfred kazin and Russell gave approximately four decades ago.

In the conceptual framework of research above, first of all, the researcher reads intentionally Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Next, the researcher enters into concept political power and identifies what aspects of political power behind the party as implied by Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Then the researcher is analyzing how can political power persuade and communicate their idea or ideology to society. It aims to perpetuate their political power. After that, the researcher goes to the concept sociology of literature and find out the impact of power. The researcher using description and exchange in the novel to reveal how political power could influence and spread in society.

As mentioned in the introduction this chapter will deals with the Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and its comparative study between present societies. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) is constantly referred to in popular culture, the Big Brother a constant reference in popular culture, after some sixty seven years of its first publication when we actually reflect looking at it where we are today the concept of 1984 doesn’t actually seems that shocking. Many components of Nineteen Eighty-Four, are more or less happening somewhere today in the world. A lot of stuff in this dystopia which i.e. a hypothetical fear for many years since the book is written most of it is real today.

“Fear is created not by the world around us, but in the mind, by what we think is going to happen”(Elizabeth Gawain). In Nineteen Eighty Four, George Orwell locates his novel in a politically dystopian society. A dystopia is a “bad place”, being translated from the Greek words dis topos. This term was created to be seen as the opposite of a Utopia after the novel Utopia was written by Thomas More. Dystopian novels are written to daunt the reader of how future societies will turn out. The term has become more common in today 's society and is translated into, a dark or unpleasant future.

One of the most well-known George Orwell’s works is Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is very influential, it’s quite often referenced in modern culture, and it gives one a lot of food for thought. The dystopian society that Orwell describes is truly terrifying and the reader can’t help but have the feeling of hopelessness and despair because of the cruelty and absurdity of 1984’s world.