Isolationism In 1984

In order for the “Big Brother” to maintain this ideology, the ruler needs to have highly organized system and individuals to follow each and every task. In the novel, Oceania’s society has reached the level of brainwashing. In order for anyone to conquer such a vast and complicated system, the individual will need a highly-organized plan and a sophisticated mind to carry through. Winston possesses neither of these traits; therefore he was doomed to fail.

The world in which Winston Smith lives in is very frightening. It is very unlikely that people from the world we live in would survive for long living in it. I think it is an awful time to be alive because you have no freedom at all. Winston is in the worst possible position, he is in the Outer Party. He is being monitored at all times and he can only cooperate. It seems that the proles and the Inner Party are much better off. I think that this is true because nobody cares about the proles and they can do what they want. The bad thing about them is that they are very poor and have no money. We don’t really know much about them. Maybe just like any other animal they have adapted to the bad conditions and somehow they are

Sukarno once said, “The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation.” In George Orwell’s 1984, the main character Winston Smith deals with isolation. 1984 takes place in an authoritarian society where how one thinks could get them killed. Winston struggles to find someone to shares his anti-government thoughts throughout the novel with his interactions with two main characters, Julia and O’Brien. Although Julia provides Winston with a much desired physical relationship, O’Brien ultimately justifies Winston’s anti-Big Brother thoughts, because of his high position in society.

In the beginning of the book we see that Big Brother is in charge of Oceania and at the end of the novel, Big Brother is still in charge. The beginning of the novel is important as the end, however, nothing seems to change Winston loved big brother then later he questions himself why he loves Big brother. After being torture he no longer has questions of Big Brother or where his loyalty is he loves and respect Big Brother. “But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother” (Book 3 Chapter 6). During the novel, Winston wanted to join a rebellion and fight against Big Brother but after being torture Winston hopes faded and ended up if nothing has happened. The only thing Winston change is some words that went against the Party but after losing his job and being torture he went along with whatever Big Bother said. Which made no difference to Oceania since they have still had to follow and obey the Party and their awful

“I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don’t want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.” (Orwell 72). These are not the words of a man bereft of virtue. In fact, with these words, Winston Smith expresses his frustration at the falsehood the Party represents. This is, after all, a régime that perpetuates its repression through “double speak.” Its slogans displayed through Oceania are: “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” (Orwell 14). Winston Smith’s world is a world where all that is noble is forbidden, and all that is forbidden is noble. Truth and lies are intertwined to the extent of being indistinguishable. The awareness that Winston Smith possesses makes him an uncommon, if not extraordinary man. It is because of this awareness that he rebels against the tyranny of the Party and refuses to conform or adapt, and walk the predetermined path of a meaningless existence that has been chosen for

The model of government Orwell described in 1984 is an exaggeration of the totalitarian regimes he witnessed during the years he spent in the old continent, and an attempt to warn the world of the dangers that those

Similarly to Napoleon’s training of the puppies, the Party trains children to follow their rules and report thoughtcriminals. Children fill parents with the dread that they shall be determined a thoughtcriminal and taken away to the Ministry of Love. Inner and Outer Party members therefore aim to obediently conform to Big Brother’s laws. Fright of rebellious acts’ punishment cause members to discard opposing thoughts, permitting tyrannical authority to continue controlling citizens. The Party slogans are another insightful factor to examine. “Ignorance is Strength,” “War is Peace,” and “Slavery is Freedom” all induce fear and control the populace of Oceania. Power is gained and sustained by citizen’s ignorance to government manipulation. Lack of knowledge is retained by enslaving the citizens to obey laws without questioning. Citizens’ ignorance causes them to accept the atmosphere of apprehension that war creates. Together, the regulations control citizen’s education and stimulate fear, both of which promote totalitarian government’s power. Each of George Orwell’s novels, Animal Farm and 1984, simulate societies in which the government uses the next generation and laws to

The Party in Oceania manipulates citizens to support the government. In 1984 by George Orwell, the government controls and gathers support from the people. In this abstract, dystopian society, the government takes the form of the Party. An organization called Big Brother plays the face of the Party in this totalitarian state . The Party is the ruler of the majority of Oceania. Through a network of spies, telescreens, and microphones, the Party monitors all thoughts and actions of the members.Children are even raised to spy on their parents and report anything suspicious. Citizens of Oceania are also constantly at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia. This explains why the proles, the poor people in the outer party, are constantly being bombarded

They believe and worship whatever the leaders have to say to them. Winston in the Ministry of truth begins to realize that his job is nothing like it sounds like. This society changes old history, along with altering facts and making change seem insignificant. When the leaders change major historical and economic events like, “At just this moment it had been announced that Oceania was not after all at war with Eurasia. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Eurasia was an ally”(Orwell 180), it just does not seem to affect the citizens of Oceania in the slightest. The citizens of Oceania sit back and act as if this piece of information is irrelevant and nothing has changed nor affects their lives at all. This is due to the fact that they are limited in the amount of education and vocabulary that they have readily available to them. The citizens of this terrible society are also under the impression that they cannot even think something bad or else they will be punished for it. Everything is out of the question when it comes to freedoms, “A party member lives from birth to death under the eye of the Thought Police. Even when he is alone he can never be sure that he is alone...He had no freedom of choice in any direction whatever”(Orwell 210). The people of Oceania are under constant surveillance and have no freedoms at all. There is a

Despite Winston's passionate hatred for the Party and his desire to test the limits of the Party's power, his capacity to carry out action against the Party is burdened (i.e. lacking positive freedom) by his intense paranoia and overriding belief that he will ultimately suffer scrutiny and brutal torture for the crimes he

Throughout the evolution of man, power and control have been idealized. When power is attained by manipulative dictators, citizens may initially view them as a means to satisfy their need for structure and direction. An author’s grim prophecy of mankind in a totalitarian society is depicted in George Orwell’s, 1984. Citizens in Oceania are governed by the Party Big Brother, which succeeds in controlling their actions and minds. The concept of oppression is taken to a new level, until there is no sense of humanity within the society.

Totalitarian societies demand power for the act of love, rebellion, & happiness to be squashed. Throughout the novel we’re exposed to many instances in which “The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion.” (58) The party exterminates individuals through the form of vaporization or populated executions and makes one’s life dismal when love is successfully acted upon. Winston and Julia’s unorthodox and short-lived relationship was full of trial and error examples, but until they were actually caught, they rebelled against the government. In doing so, they were then later punished for trying to strip away the metaphorical power in which the Party represents. For as long as many could remember, the way the Party controls Oceania is the only way they have and ever will live. "For how could you establish even the most obvious fact when there existed no record outside your own memory?" (35) The government has preceded to brainwash all individuals so badly, it was basically impossible for one to possess any of their own thoughts. The worst and deafening part of it all is that they don’t have a clue. If you take a moment to reflect and put yourself in the same shoes as those of Oceania, how would you feel if all of your freedom, liberties, and self-worth were stripped away? Not good is more than likely your answer. Winston was a scared, confused man who was in turmoil over past guilt over his wife and his mother. Along with that, he also was an unhealthy, likeably depressed middle-aged man who just wanted to have a profound purpose. “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.” (266) Oceania is

They call themselves The Party. The Party forbids individuality, speaking out in opposition of the government or their ideas, or anything of such nature. Thus given, Winston merely receives any privacy throughout the community, work, or even within his own home. The party leaves absolutely no room for going against their government in any form, not just through speaking or acts of rebellion. In fact, the absolute worst crime in Oceania is considered what is called “Thoughtcrime.”

Leaders from around the world often believe power is a catalyst to change and would do anything to obtain control. The novel 1984 by George Orwell proves hungry for obtaining power is still a problem decades years later as the world presented in the novel can be associated to modern day society. The novel consists of citizens always being highly influenced by propaganda, having an ongoing war situation and having citizens lose their individualism; which are all highly relevant today.

In a society where rulers have absolute control by using human nature to their advantage, individuality is stripped away and horrific effects appear. In 1984, George Orwell presents a totalitarian nation driven to serious extents of sovereignty. The ruling elite have the power to demand mental, moral, and physical compliance from citizens. The values of Ingsoc influence people to perform almost mechanically. Using constant propaganda, the population is blinded of the widespread deception. With loyal followers, Big Brother and the party succeed in controlling everyone by using their innate inclination to fear and hate.