Similarities Between 1984 And Anthem

The two literary elements that help distinguish the works of a dystopia genre are symbolism and conflict. There is a lot of symbolism in the book Anthem. The book is filled with them. It is also filled with conflict. This also goes with the short story” Harrison Bergeron“this story also has a lot conflict in it.

“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one” (Thomas Paine). 1984, written by George Orwell, and Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, are both dystopian novels written to develop the idea of an overpowering government. Winston Smith, the protagonist of 1984, is a member of the Outer Party in the new world of Oceania where all thoughts are observed and each hope obliterated. Winston works in the Ministry of Truth where he erases history in order to form the present, however, Winston wonders about the circumstances of his world, run by the ubiquitous face of Big Brother, and hopes for a time, free of the suffocating hands of the Party, in order to obtain freedom. Along with

Additionally, the portrayal of this dystopian society controlled by a totalitarian government might have been understood well by contemporary audiences, mirroring the rules of totalitarian regimes such as Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy- the citizens have no influence on the government and have no freedom of choosing the rules that govern and control every part of their lives. Therefore, Winston blames the misery in his life totally and completely on the government and on Big Brother. In Winston’s case, we can see that the propaganda, deprivation, and strict rules fail to make him concur with the party and accept Big Brother- in this situation, the party has to use extreme force and torture to make Winston love the party as well as Big Brother, in order for the party to maintain complete power.

And those who dissent will be vaporized, not only from living, but from ever existing in the first place. Giving Winston an incentive to have this conformative facade. The motif is the total control of information. Winston works in a department where he literally rewrites history to suit the needs of the party. Thereby, the party controls reality, something Winston abhors.

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown – H. P. Lovecraft.” Fear in 1984 is the main reason that society is like it is, people are afraid of the unknown and what may or may not happen if they oppose the rules. Thought-crime is one of the largest reasons why the 1984 society is so devastating, any opposition against rules or thoughts that seem “dangerous” will be acted upon and you will be vaporized or vanished. The words

Focusing on internal conflicts, were were able to pinpoint many that Winston faced, some large and some less so. The main one we began talking about was his own opinions of morality and how they contrast against the ones of the Inner Party and Big Brother. Ella thought that in the beginning of the novel, Winston would have little spurts of Doublethink or Ingsoc thinking, and that we

In George Orwell’s 1984, , the protagonist, Winston Smith, is living in a world where there is one source of power that controls everything, the party. Their control of knowledge is the source of their power. Winston wants to believe that he can do something to change the current situation to grant everyone what they need, freedom. The concept of freedom is a dangerous aspiration, the light at the end of the tunnel.Winston is enticed with his own idea of freedom. Although his idea of freedom is quite simple to exercise, through his overconfidence, misplaced trust and ignorance such aspirations become impossible for him to execute.

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.

Winston Smith are captured by the Ministry of Love and is forced in a deprogramming process which will coercive measures to force him to change his religious, political, and economic beliefs. O’Brien tortures Smith until he changes his rebellious belief to allegiance to “Big Brother”. Smith ends up in the dreaded room 101, where high levels of torture is conducted in. The name itself, “Ministry of Love”, is very ironic since they are not a ministry of love and happiness but of one that enforces loyalty to Big Brother through fear, torture, and brainwashing. This shows how corrupt the government is during that era, and how they have to resort to torture to force the citizens to obey and “love” big brother.

Winston and Julia go against the will of humanity in Oceania, and their consequences were nearly fatal. In their rebellion they went against everything they ever knew and in the end they both succumbed to the brainwashing of Big Brother. Winston Smith, as the novel develops, transforms into an alienated civilian who becomes less and less of what society is trying to make him. It becomes apparent that Big Brother is not all what he seems to look like in the public eye. It is not uncommon for people to rebel in Oceania against everything Big Brother stands for.

The book follows Wimston, the main character, from his work for the government, to his rebellion from the government, and his arrest and brainwashing to like the government again. Winston worked for the Minstry Of Truth and his job was to erase historical documents that weren't in line with the government. The government put telescreens in both public and private locations, so the government. Old always see and hear what you're doing at all times. Winston began to write a journal about his negative thoughts on the government in the corner of his apartment where he was sure the telescreens couldn't see if caught he would surely have been sentenced to death. One day at work Imston was given a note by Julia, which he had to wait to open to

Reasons to prove that parents are scared of their children are displayed in both readings. The excerpt from 1984 symbolizes this example as Orwell wrote; “ It was almost normal for people to be frightened of their own children.” (Orwell) therefore proving that the youth held an invisible power (of turning on

He discovers Julia, whom he falls in love with, and she has the same beliefs as him. Together they find O'Brien-a member of the inner-party, whom-Winston believes-could overthrow "The Party" (the Government), and Big Brother: the supreme governmental leader that may be fictional or may be real, we never know. They become inner-party members but then are betrayed by O'Brien, separated from each other (that's the last we hear of Julia), and Winston is tortured, until he believes the way of the party. He finally is put through enough torture in the Ministry of Love that he gives in, and believes everything the party believes-the past is alterable, the present can change, and that 2+2=5 if they say it is so.

In 1984, lots is controlled and you really don’t have any freedoms. In Fahrenheit 451 what is controlled is the gaining of knowledge. Both 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 have some element of control.

finds that he is not satisfied with living a controlled life. 1984 is a story about Winston who