How Is 1984 Relevant Today

In modern society, people have seen the development of technology and the improvement of policy. But in George Orwell’s novel entitled 1984, set in a dystopian world, the protagonist named Winston who works for the Ministry of Truth in London. He finds love with Julia, and they begin to question the Party. The author portrayed the world in his novel was oppressive and totalitarianism. However, In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the dystopian world and the totalitarianism state will not develop in the future society. In the ways of the conformity, the reality control and laws and regulations.

Written to warn the future of what may come ahead, George Orwell’s 1984 beautifully conveys the detrimental effects of an oligarchical dictatorship. The novel’s province of Oceania consists of constant surveillance by the government, unrelenting manipulation, and ultimate subordination to the state of the citizens. Following main protagonist Winston Smith, 1984 illustrates the control and manipulation the government party has over humanity by utilizing “Doublethink”.

The novel depicting a negative utopia, 1984, was written in relation to the events happening in the year 1948. The Second World War and the Holocaust were major events that this audience could relate to 1984. While readers of the novel today feel that it holds little relevance to the world in the 21st century, it contains many elements that compare to 2015. 1984 shows relevance today in 2015 through the telescreens, the news, and by the rationing systems. Although 1984 had a lot of relations to the year 1948, it still has a large impact on events happening in today’s world.

“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.

In Orwell’s 1984 we follow Winston Smith, a man who feels the oppressions of the

The book 1984 has recently been the top book that has been ordered on Amazon and a lot of people have been reading it due to its relevance in today’s society. 1984 is a book about a dystopian society and the corruption that is involved in it. In recent times the book has become very popular. This essay will be about why people still read and discuss the book 1984 and why it is still relevant to today's society.

In his work George Orwell excellently describes the darkness and futility of the dystopian world in which the protagonist of our story Winston Smith lives. Although the title of the novel is 1984 the work itself was written in the late 1940’s. The reasoning behind the title is Orwell’s prediction of what the year 1984 would look like if something were not changed. In the novel the author uses an abundance of symbolism and theme, which acts as a driving force of the novel. I have always been a fan of Orwell’s work and 1984 is definitely not an exception.

I do not mean his death, which is an occurrence of little significance when compared to the events that precede his departure from life. As the State imprisons him and Julia for treason, Winston glows with a hope that he has been able to break out of the system, as being a part of the Brotherhood as allowed him to taste freedom and that was an act of defiance far greater than any militant struggle yet in Room No 101, Winston is slowly, methodically broken down, physically, mentally, and emotionally. O’ Brien comes out of the dark, reveals his true self, maintains that Goldstein was just a fabrication of the State as a valve for public emotion, convinces Winston that “ 2+2=5”. This systematic and almost machine like deconstruction of the human psyche and body is terrifying to witness, as a proof of the power of the State, what Foucault would term as “biopower”. The body of Winston and his mind becomes the arena where the State displays its greatest strength: the power of Room 101 to alter the very consciousness of individuals, to make them believe in constructs they know are false and finally the submission through consent to a system they detest. The final line of the text are Winston’s own thoughts “ He loved Big Brother” which are in such contrast with is earlier private thoughts “ Down with Big Brother”. It is this change wrought by the hands of the State that is of significance in the story. Forcing an individual towards an act that he consciously resists is a common thread in authoritarian regime but having the power to make his commit such an act by inducing consent in his consciousness towards it is the true test of a complete authority. Big Brother is that authority and Winston represents the human populace susceptible to such an

In the novel 1984 written by George Orwell, Winston Smith is a thirty-nine-year-old man who lives in the city of Oceania. Oceania is controlled by a strict government regime known as the Party in which the leader is Big Brother. Throughout the novel, Winston outwardly conforms while questioning inwardly the morals and existence of the Party and Big Brother. However, Winston’s unsuccessful questioning and attempt to overthrow the Party and Big Brother symbolize the collapse of mankind at the hands of Socialism. The manipulation and control that the Party has over its citizens throughout the novel is a subtle way for George Orwell to tell the readers that one day the world he created could become a reality.

Despite 1984 being written more than 60 years ago, it is still relevant to this day. The book 1984 contains many aspects that can still be relatable today. It also serves as a warning for the future that still applies today.

Today’s society is full of hypocritical beings whose belief it is that there is a certain way to act and all must follow it. Indeed this idea goes back all throughout history, existing from biblical times, to those of the French Revolution, continuing on with Stalin’s Soviet Union, and still existing today in our society. These norms define what actions and reactions are appropriate for any situation, as well as providing a basis on which different classes can properly live their lives. However, sometimes these norms contain questionable content that, when viewed, is found to be harmful to their way of live, destructive of their culture, and detrimental to their freedom and rights to the pursuit of happiness. It is in these moments that it is prudent that people stand up against the restrictive norms and fight for their rights.

The dystopian fiction novel 1984 by George Orwell accounts the engrossing tale that is meant to mirror the future that Orwell had once envisioned as a frightening possibility. When reading the novel, individuals follow Winston Smith – the protagonist – and his attempt to fight back against the oppressive system that has assumed control over all its citizens and, by the novel’s end, readers must also witness Winston’s eventual demise as he surrenders his hatred for the Party and cries as his love for Big Brother overwhelms him. For many, this conclusion of the novel may seem disheartening as individuals wanted Winston to be the hero who rises out on top. Except, contrary to popular belief, Winston Smith is a hero in the novel, at least by George

Winston’s story begins to spiral downwards once he and and Julia are caught by The Party while they are together in his rented room. In a surprising twist, Orwell reveals to the reader that Mr. Charrington, the man who Winston is renting the room from, is a member of the Thought Police and that there has been a telescreen behind a picture frame in the rented room the whole time that has been spying on Julia and Winston. The voice from the telescreen tells both Winston and Julia, “you are dead” (Orwell pg. 221) and orders them to, “remain exactly where (they) are (and to) make no movement until (they) are ordered” (Orwell pg.221). Making no attempt to resist, Julia and Winston are captured and separated. By having them not resist although we believe them to be rebellious, Orwell conveys that Winston’s freedom of thought and subsequently his individuality are slowly starting to chip away. Winston finds himself in a cell inside a cell in the Ministry of Love. Over the course of a few months, Winston is brutally tortured and brainwashed into becoming obedient to The Party once more. Despite the constant torture, despite having, “his body...wrenched out of shape... (and having his) joints… being slowly torn apart” (Orwell pg. 245) Winston manages to hold onto a piece of his freedom of thought and individuality. However, that piece is also lost when he is sent to room 101 to face his biggest fear: rats. Winston has his face put into a mask which has one small door separating him from hungry rats capable of stripping a baby to the bones, “within a quite small time” (Orwell pg. 285) . However, before O’Brien can remove the door in between Winston and the rats, Winston cries out, “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her.

1984 ESSAY when government takes control of all the aspects of life and alters the world to agree with what's supported by the party, then the world will become a miserable place. The government in the twentieth century was very similar to the government in Orwells nineteen eighty four, the government that they both shared where totalitarian governments in countries like Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Orwells novel was based on soviet era communism against socialism, do to the government taking away the rights of its people and controlling everyday life. In the novel Winston smith works for the party and as he goes through a rebellion by free thinking and writing his mind in his diary; and going against party rules and having a special relationship

Winston is tortured over a long period of time and it proves successful as he whole- heartedly accepts the party and Big Brother.