Response To George Orwell's 1984

The fight or flight response. Humans have this instinct installed in them from the moment they are born. It tells people when to cower in fear, and when to stand up and fight. This instinct is what primarily keeps humans alive. The fight or flight response is also dependent on whether or not the person can handle making the decision in the first place. The person has to have enough inner strength to determine what is right in each and every situation. Through the use of imagery, Orwell argues that inner strength is only shown when one’s life is on the line.

Nineteen-Eighty Four opens on a cold April day in the dreary city of London, Oceania. Our protagonist, Winston Smith, is a cynical aging man who’s perpetually sick and unhappy. Winston works at the Ministry of Truth, where he writes, destroys, and rewrites history at the Party’s word. In Oceania, one of the three totalitarian superpowers in the world, Big Brother is the beloved leader depicted all around on propaganda posters that remind citizens that Big Brother is watching you. The Party’s word is the final unquestionable truth and dissent is strictly not tolerated. In Oceania, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength.

We are introduced to Winston Smith in the opening pages of 1984. He is an ordinary man living in an extraordinary world. This is a world divided into three superpowers: Oceania, Eastasia and Eurasia. Oceania

Erich Fromm states that 1984 serves as a warning for future generations. It warns of what will come if we continue trade our free will -the very essence of what makes us human- for advancements in technology unless we attempt to prevent it. Today, we are throwing George Orwell's warning aside. We are slowly letting technology take control, as it becomes a necessary in our daily life. Due to this we see our own Big Brother like organizations forming presently which can track our every move, similarly to how Big Brother - the political party which controls Oceania with an iron fist and watches what everyone does using telescreens- can follow Winston's - the protagonist in 1984- every move. Furthermore, similarly to how Winston ignorantly questioned Big Brother's existence, people today question whether these organization actually tracking our every move and are ignorant of what's happening right in front of their eyes.

In 1984, Winston Smith lives in a world where the government, the Party, intrudes on the private lives of common people for the pure power it entails. He is one of few, if not the only, person who is against this life and detests the world of lies he lives in. Winston’s memories both aids and hinders his ability to fight against the Party and society, but it ultimately leads to his downfall as humanity’s last hope.

Because of the way media is controlled and displayed in the united states, one can perceive our society to be like the one in 1984, and one can see that through the experiences Winston went through. Winston experienced the thought police, telescreens, fabricated wars, and fabricated media, just like we do every single day. The only difference between us and Winston's society is that we don’t know that it is going on.

In the novel 1984 there is a character named Winston smith who is introduced in the part one in the book. He is most definitely the protagonist of the novel. Winston smith is an editor who in the ministry of truth which concerns itself with news, entertainment, education and fine arts and this party is one of the four branches of the government. The leader of the party is the face of big brother. The other three parties are the Ministry of Peace, which concerns itself with war ; the Ministry of Love, which controls and maintains law and order; and the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible for economic affairs. Winston starts a journal even though he knows it is illegal but he does it anyway because of his desires. I think Winston knows he is going to die but he writes it anyway. The words that stand out to me the most is War is peace, Freedom is slavery, and Ignorance is strength. These words have a strong meaning. It kind of shows a type of irony. These world make me really think what it means but I think it means peace is what the people have now but they can change easily and there might not be peace, freedom is slavery probably means that you should rethink about being free and ignorance is strength means listen to your party leader and just accept that you have no control over what happens. I wonder if these four parties will survive or will the people turn against them.

On October the 5th my class and I went on a trip to the Old Vic to watch a play called “1984” (nineteen eighty-four) This play was originally written by George Orwell in 1949.

My theme of controlling, is a major issue in life today. A lot of people have dealt with this problem, and may have to deal in the future, but will understand that it will be present wherever a person is there. We need to accept that there is controlling everywhere, and we need be aware how to respond to it, or how we should control people. Through these four different passages, I learnt that controlling has different faces. They can be bad, such as how the government manipulated Winston, or how WICKED took over the Gladers brains. They can also be good, like how Maleficent protected Aurora for safety and love. I believe that controlling is one of the tools we humans use, like knifes, as they can be considered good or bad, depending on how

Individuality, though often taken for granted, must exist in a productive society. Of course, to truly remain genuine, one must be guaranteed a certain level of privacy. George Orwell’s 1984 provides examples of how privacy truly impacts one’s personality. A lack of privacy prevents originality and any type of progress, which students got to experience for a week.

One topic repeatedly discussed in the novel 1984, by George Orwell, is technological invasion of privacy. Throughout the novel the characters are constantly searching for an area where they are safe from the “telescreens”. “Telescreens” are similar to our modern “televisions”, the only difference being that with televisions you don’t have to worry about someone watching you from the other side of the screen. However, Orwell was correct in assuming that advanced technology would allow for other people to have access in to our private lives without our knowledge of their presence. With social media, surveillance, and powerful hackers at their disposal, the government, as well as private industry, has a strong grasp on individuals’ private

We live in a fast-paced world, one that thrives off of individuals being constantly connected to others around the world. Whether it be for an important business meeting, or for connecting with friends on one of the many social networking sites available, the luxury and convenience of such a connection allows for great leaps forwards in our technology. However, as this technology becomes more advanced, so too does the technology that exists to intrude upon our daily lives. It is the possibility of intrusion that makes one ask themselves, how close is our society to becoming one where every action is monitored? How close is the idea of western civilization to becoming a police state, such as in North Korea, or the one in George Orwell’s novel, ‘1984’? North American society is drifting towards becoming a police state at an ever increasing rate. This is shown in how North Americans are slowly losing their rights, the police force acting above the law, and the monitoring of citizens by government agencies.

This book follows a Winston as he slowly finds out the terrible things the government does to make everyone obey them. He starts an illegal relationship with a girl named Julia, they both get caught and get tricked into believing what the government says and get put back into society.

As human beings, there are distinct characteristics that separate us from feral animals; the ability to create, to appreciate art, to curiously question the world and most importantly to sympathize for our kind. However, when that exact nature is stripped from us, we tend to become mindless, restricted, cold, and degraded as an entire race. This is the setting of George Orwell’s last book, 1984. A world where human thought is limited, war and poverty lie on every street corner, and one cannot trust nobody or nothing. It is all due to the one reigning political entity, the Ingsoc Party, who imposes complete power over all aspects of life for all citizens. There is no creative or intellectual thought, no art, culture or history, and no

I was quite intrigued to start reading 1984, and I was disappointed by how quickly it ended. It focused on an overruling government that forced the inhabitants to only think for the better of the government. The ruling force know as Big Brother, was the ultimate power that could not be betrayed. The people were not allowed to think for themselves because the government saw this as a form of treachery. Big Brother and the party (the form of government) took away all forms of pleasure so the people would only have the pleasure of servicing and loving Big Brother. Throughout the book, the main character Winston, performs a crime called Doublethink where he has thoughts that doubt the party and Big Brother. In the end, Winston is put up against his worst fears until he succumbs to the party’s power. 1984 represented a form of imprisonment inside one’s head