Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell ''If There is Hope,…it Lies in the Proles'' How Much Hope do You as a Reader Place in the Proles?

These people put their faith in something improbable, but they enjoyed it. Winston addresses the fact that this, for some reason, was their “intellectual stimulant” (85). These remarks and stories about the proles properly represent who they are. In spite of their idiocy, the proles have the potential to achieve great things, but their lack of consciousness is holding them back. Firstly, the proles make up 85% of the population, which means they would outnumber Big Brother, but they are unaware of their power, as Winston stated, “If only they could be conscious of their own strength” (69).

In the final section of the book, he admits ruefully that they got him a long time ago, and goes on to assert that “the choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness was better.” The discourses of O’Brien in this last section strip bare not just the methods but the motives and the intentions of the totalitarian regime that seks power for its own sake. Winston is not just defeated and destroyed but completely metamorphosed in the ministry of Love. As O’Brien promises him, “ ‘Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves.’ ”(p.206)

Winston Smith believes that hope for the future lies in the proles because it's their rebellion that can bring down Big Brother, and Usher in the change of the government. Proles ,proletarians, working class, and comprise make up about 80% of the population. Also Winston sees proles as happy workers who are not smart. Although they might not be that smart the workers are free from scrutiny and constant morning party. Smith hates Big Brother and the numerous restrictions it makes a difference on the party workers. He works in the Ministry of Truth which is responsible for altering and editing

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

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

Only the brave ones are strong enough to accept that most things are not as one would like them to be. More than that, brave people are also the only ones willing to do something in order to change these negative situations. To prosper out of tragic realities one needs a very powerful weapon: hope. Hope moves humanity. It is what helps us when having to deal from the smallest hardships to the hardest battles. From getting out of bed every morning with motivation, to waiting for an almost magical miracle; hope is what holds us and pushes us forward. George Orwell in his novel 1984 writes about how the main character, Winston, decides not to let tragedy take over. Winston opposes Big Brother’s totalitarian government to defend what he believes in. He believes humanity deserves freedom in all aspects. In the dystopian environment where he lives in, Winston stands alone

In the epic Beowulf courage is an on going theme that is shown throughout the entire story. By definition courage is the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes on ones own will and determination. There are many things form the epic that could be used to prove this statement, but I chose to use the section entitled "The Final Battle." In this section there are two great speeches given by both Beowulf and Wiglaf. I believe that in both of these monologues courage is portrayed by the two warriors, and it is easy to see why.

Considering that the book was published in 1948, in the start of the Cold War, the political connotation of this book was instantly interpreted as a criticism to the Soviet Union and their autocratic rule, mainly because of the parallels and allusions Orwell brought from this country. For instance the resemblance of Big Brother which is describe as “the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features”(Orwell 4) is an accurate description of the 1948 Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, hinting a parallel Orwell established between both of them. Common practices like cult of personality and his rivalry with previous party members (in Stalin’s case Trotsky and in Big Brother’s case Goldstein) show that the character is not only physically similar, but that Big Brother is an allusion to the Soviet leader. Hence Orwell also alludes the alteration of history and photographs in Winston´s working place to the similar practices made in the USSR under Stalin, where photos were edited when people condemned by treason appeared on it. The constant wars the country is facing alludes to the multiple wars that took place during the first half of the twentieth century, as the author states that their society was constantly at war, which is an allusion to his present. By alluding to the present and to the USSR, Orwell convinces the western reader of the dangers of these dictatorial societies, by drawing a parallel between 1984 society and their cold war

Orwell’s warning of the dangers of totalitarian regimes to his contextual readers and future audiences is portrayed through his novel, 1984, because “Big Brother is Watching You”, exerting total control over the masses. The masses are effectively controlled by the thought police, telescreens and children who are “against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations”.... Orwell writes about the potential dangers that are inherent when power and technology are abused, resulting in mindless citizens and “a world of fear and hatred and torment”, which Winston perfectly captures with his metaphorical epiphany; “we are the dead”. Like the dead, society will become opiated, lacking individual thought, a highly valued asset of

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

Para #1. Plato and Wollstonecraft had different views on power being centralized and the view of man, but do their different views still push towards a common theme of equality? Women of the time were tied down to their husband and were meant to serve and nurture their children. If one were to wish to purse greater things it was nearly impossible to achieve it. There were no avenues or paths that women could take in order to reach greater things in life.

Orwells’ book is set in a totalitarian state where all who live there must accept and comply with every one of the Party’s rules, ideas and orders. The main character in this novel is Winston Smith. Winston decides to rebel against the Party and soon after this results in his capture and torture from the Party. By the end of the book Winston

The Road to Wigan Pier’, an autobiography written by George Orwell, was first published in 1937. The first half of this book documents Orwell’s observations about the poor living conditions amongst some working class families belonging to Yorkshire and Lancashire, in the period before World War Two had begun. In the second half, Orwell wrote a long essay about his own experiences in the book where he covered topics such as his middle-class upbringing, the developing ideas regarding his political conscience and also questions British attitudes towards socialism. As well as this, Orwell wrote about his own political beliefs about socialism and also explained how he felt that people would be able to benefit from socialism. Orwell addresses many issues that were prevalent during this period, allowing a historian to gain more of an insight about the impact that this had on people’s lives as well as beginning to understand the effects that this may have had on British society as a whole. In many ways, Orwell’s detailed and vivid descriptions allow a historian to see and understand British society from a different perspective. It can also be identified that to some extent the autobiography allows a historian to be able to begin understanding more about the ways in which British society had become divided during the wars and to be able to understand exactly how this can be shown throughout the text. Although there are many interesting and useful ways of interpreting this document

A further important contributing factor, highlighting the importance of the party’s use of Big Brother in order to maintain control over society, is the lack of freedom, independence, and individualism of the citizens. The party is shown to destroy any sense of independence and individuality amongst its citizens, illustrated by the fact that they all wear the same blue uniform, eat the same food, and live in

In Circe Sturm’s novel “Blood Politics: Races, Culture, and Identity in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma” the history of the Cherokee people is put under a microscope and their obsession with blood percentages is examined in a new light. This new light allows one to draw their own conclusion about the Cherokee people and begin to understand how they have come so far and changed so much. The Cherokee people are an amazing group that has persisted through centuries of slavery, war, disease and more. Before Spanish explores arrived to colonize, the Cherokee people lived in the woodlands of the southeast United States of America, present day Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama(14). They lived here peacefully for many generations before they came into contact with the Europeans. Quickly after meeting the Europeans their lifestyle changed dramatically. Disease and pillaging tore through their population and a once great nation of indigenous peoples was crushed under the boot of European imperialism. Alongside this change in culture came a change in religion. The Cherokee people traded their native religion for one similar to a Christian Baptist, more over they adopted slavery of black people, albeit a slightly modified version. When the Cherokee people were forced out of their native land into Indian Territory, by the Dawes Act which helped Oklahoma achieve statehood at the same time as relocating thousands of natives, some took their new religion and slavery with