Society in the Worlds Created by George Orwell and Annie Proulx

George Orwell wrote 1984 as his vision of society in the year 1984. Winston is the main

In the novel,Winston indulges in his sexual desires with a fellow Outer circle member, Julia. The affair alone is a rebellion against the party but the danger is amplified by their sexual acts. Julia plays on Winston's inner desire, that was mocked by the Youth movement. “Sex talks once a month for the over-sixteens. And in the Youth Movement.

1984 is an aptly titled dystopian novel set in the year 1984, which is considered a favorite by some, and a classic by many more. It is hard for somebody to have not heard some derivative language from this book used before. It is brought up in American politics still to this day, and has changed the way we feel about authority. George Orwell’s novel 1984 has had a significant impact on American and English culture through its political language and message portrayed by the story.

It may be hard to imagine what the future may seem to hold, but George Orwell and Aldous Huxley were able to do so and show us by basing their futuristic stories loosely on the history of the two diverse societies of The United States and Soviet Russia. Yet, the societies in each book disavow history for the most part. Psychological manipulation and physical control as a means of maintaining its power over the people is explored in both books. They also forewarn about the dangers of totalitarian societies and how far a government is willing to go to maintain discipline and control.

In the novel, 1984, the author, George Orwell, explores the chaotic and inhumane world under an all controlling and manipulative government. In an age of threatening, powerful governments, Orwell combats the support of these powers through subtle motifs throughout the book. The symbolic government of Big Brother controls a society in which the main character, Winston Smith, tries to navigate through while preserving his human nature. Criticizing this form of government, the author uses romantic love to highlight the deprivation of humanity through Big Brother’s laws and by give the reader a little hope for romance just to destroy it in the end.

This novel focuses on the dark desires humans have within themselves. By human nature it is normal to have sexual desires; however, in the society that Orwell has, those actions are prohibited. Sex is an act taught in schools to create humans and for the purpose of the Party. Men, women, and children are all required to swear their loyalty to the Party. The Party takes one of the basic human instincts and tries to control it --regardless of the gender, the Party portrays a good wife, a good husband, a good citizen all must swear their loyalty to the Party and love Big Brother; the Party and Big Brother must be above all. Nevertheless, the gender roles portrayed in Nineteen Eighty-Four have different characteristics associated with their gender

Dystopia literally translates as "not-good place" and, paradoxically “No place”. It is a literacy concept describing a society characterised by undesirability defined by general human interpretation. In such societies, responsibility is almost universally placed on an oppressive and inexorable state, denaturing what defines one as human. This can be applied to both the settings of ‘Brave New World and ‘1984’. However, both authors approach their respective dystopian visions in different ways. Orwell envisioned INGSOC, a state based on security and repressive surveillance, utilising totalitarianism forms of control. Whilst Huxley depicted a society held captive by profligate consumption forcing its citizens to embrace their own oppression whilst being made blissfully ignorant by entertainment, spectacle and most importantly technology.

The three books, “1984”, “Brave New World”, and “Candide” all encapsulate similar dystopian elements but attack the issues at totally different angles. In “1984,” Orwell uses Big Brother and the thought police to keep control and reins on the middle and upper class, while the proles are left to themselves because they are not feared to rebel. In “Brave New World,” the citizens of the World State are scientifically created and programed to be happy and content with their status in the society. Soma is used to maintain this ecstasy and prevent unhappiness and dissatisfaction throughout the World State. “Candide” is the most difficult out of the three when deciphering the dystopian elements. The repetition of Pangloss’s idea of “everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds” is crucial to the story in that it keeps giving Candide hope in the most dire of situations. Robbing, sexual exploitation, and power are what make this world go round and conform to the idea of a dystopia. While these stories differ largely, the central themes of control, power, and ignorance are all shown heavily. Which protagonist

Meanwhile in Spain and Russia Orwell first handed the horrific government of a totalitarianism government. In the novel Orwell portrays a state in which government monitors and controls every aspects of a human's life. Imagine being monitored by telescreens that are watching every move you make, or the government knowing every thought you made, you would have no privacy. The technology of today is magnificent, it is able to do so many things we couldn't imagine but is it really that great because the government is able to know by technology what we look up and what we do. In a like manner the novel 1984 has many connections to today's world, we are so oblivious to what really is going on. As in the novel the people of Oceania are so brainwashed

Throughout the novel 1984 written by George Orwell symbolism is incorporated as the main character Winston Smith attempts to discover the truth about the past before his memory was manipulated and corrupted by Totalitarianism. As The Party continues to implement restrictions on society Winston becomes rebellious. Winston’s desire to test the power of The Party is represented by both the glass paper weight and the red armed prole woman. The possibility of destroying The Party seems unrealistic, however the glass paper weight and red armed prole woman enhance the possibility that Winston will successfully achieve freedom and independence.

I chose to read 1984 because I had previously read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and was interested in what George Orwell’s dystopia consisted of. Would technology influence the dystopia? Would the novel apply to us today? I wondered if Orwell was able to recognize and accurately predict the direction humanity is heading in. (Spoiler alert: he does.) After reading the novel, it is apparent that Orwell’s message to the world is that if the way in which we live does not change soon, one day in the near future we will all act as the civilians in this novel did. We will be the thoughtless robots who devote their lives to obeying Big Brother. In a totalitarian government, the people are controlled in every conceivable way. The same is true in

In the novel 1984, Orwell creates a dystopia, an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one . (www.oxforddictionaries.01.05.2015). By using a dystopian setting for 1984, Orwell suggests the possibility of a utopia . In Orwell’s novel everything is the opposite of what it should be, he plays with words in order to create an Anti-Utopia or Dystopia (The critical heritageMeyers, p.264): the Ministry of Truth has nothing to do with truth but rather with propaganda, bringing the past up to date, the Ministry of Peace conducts war, the Ministry of Love is in charge of the order through the Thought Police, the Ministry of Plenty takes care of the economy. The names given

Who will reign supreme; Aldous Huxley or George Orwell? Ever since these two authors released their dystopian novels over 50 years ago, both authors and avid fans have argued as to which dystopia will take over our society. Will it be the brute force, boot and gun approach of Orwell 's dystopia or the all-loving, drug-accepting society that Huxley illustrates? If you take a closer look, a mix of both dystopias is quite apparent in our society today; we are living in our own modern, advanced and constantly developing dystopia. The topics discussed in these two novels cover a variety of subjects, sex, drugs, freedom, religion and beliefs, and life in general. Both have their own idea of what outcome these topics will take in their most dire form. In this paper I will be comparing and contrasting their differences and then comparing them to our world today in an effort to see which direction our society is headed.

Orwell’s statement that “language becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts” in fact is true in our language in more recent times because of various uses such as propaganda and other techniques such as glittering generalities, transfer, card stacking, the band wagon. Although these effect writing and one’s opinions, other powerful technique authors may use in writing include effective word choice and text along with photographs in political cartoons. Through today’s language, once politics are involved, one tends to become ugly and even foolish at times.

In the society named Oceania, magnificently crafted by George Orwell in his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the leadership of the controlling party, Ingsoc, claims to be ameliorating the lives of all people living under its “benevolence.” However, the degree to which each individual benefits from Ingsoc’s largesse, varies depending upon a person’s status within Oceania. For example, the simple prole, short for proletariat, resides at the bottom of Oceania’s social heap and is the largest Ingsoc group. In the middle strata, are the educated workers called the Party comrades. Near the top of the pecking order are the elite Inner Party members, comprising the smallest group within Ingsoc. Lastly, Big Brother, who may be merely a symbolic figurehead, sits at the vertex of this society, seemingly serving as the supreme leader of all of Oceania.