The Novel ' 1984 ' By George Orwell

The war-torn world George Orwell creates for 1984 is a bleak, heartless place, full of grey shaded and apocalyptic descriptions. The citizens that live in Oceania do not live, they are slaves whose sole purpose is to better the party, a harsh totalitarian government, full of ever watchful leaders who monitor the citizens at all time, watching their every move and seeing their every thought. Our protagonist, is Winston Smith who lives in this dystopia. Winston lives a life that like most of Oceania lacks basic rights and involves little freedom serving the purpose as our main protagonist developing the theme of the novel. These problems however, are exasperated by the society government that constantly worsens in the course of his life.

The author of the novel 1984, George Orwell, is a political critic. Therefore, he used very precise descriptions of situations and words to provide the reader a clear understanding of the entity he is criticizing. When Winston describes the destruction of past records to create new ones to Julia, he says: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” (pg. 162). Here, instead of only saying “Every record has been

Looking at 1984, emotionality is one of the many ways that the human condition is portrayed. In the beginning of the novel, Winston

George Orwell focuses his belief of the “[disbelief] in the existence of the objective truth because all the facts have to fit in with the words and prophecies of some infallible fuhrer”. He envisions the decay of future society and implements his ideas through his creation of “Nineteen Eighty-Four”. Indications of a psychological fear are examined initially through the progression and change of the human mind, which is built upon the oppression of the Party. Through the construction of a world with no freedom and individuality, the human mind adapts the change of truth and pay utter submission from the Party, to escape the presence of their ultimate weakness. With those who are rebellious of the rules of the Party gradually brings out the ugly nature of humanity. Through the fragility of the human mind, it reinforces Orwell’s idea of a corrupted society, as there no longer remains a variety of human emotions for the next generation to pass onwards. Thus conclusively portraying the defeat of human mind unable to withstand the physical and mental tortures from the Party.

The book 1984, by George Orwell, takes place in country named Oceania, where their government is under a totalitarianism rule. The characters in the book are basically stripped of every right that citizens, in the United States, are guaranteed under the US Constitution. Some examples of the Bill of Rights Amendments that were absent in the book would be the First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, as well as the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendment, and also many others.

The main character in George Orwell’s book 1984 is a thirty-nine year old man with the name of Winston Smith. Winston Smith creates thought crimes, he also has anti-Party views. The story “1984” tells about all of Winston Smith’s struggles. In an effort to avoid being monitored, Winston physically conforms to society, however mentally he does just the opposite. Winston is a thin, frail and intellectual thirty-nine year old. Winston hates totalitarian control and enforced repression that are characteristics of his government. Winston hates being watched by Big Brother. He always has revolutionary dreams, he feels like he would be protected. Julia is Winston’s lover, a beautiful dark- haired girl working in the

However, because the Party is able to control the emotions of the public through events like the Two Minutes Hate and public executions, people are filled only with three blind feelings: hate, anger, and fear. When Winston meets Julia, he unlocks a whole new set of emotions such as happiness, curiosity, and love. At this point in the story, he becomes more human than those who allow themselves to be programmed by the Party. Orthodoxal members of Oceania aren’t able to feel the same way Winston does, since the Party destroys humanity by ridiculing love and approving only of marriages that are based on practicality. Humanity is destroyed in our society in a similar way, when people ridicule feelings such as depression and emptiness, and dismiss those who look for emotional help as attention-seeking. Without acceptance of all emotions, members of society cannot connect in a human

Thesis: In George Orwell’s 1984, Winston resists the Party’s degradation of basic human rights through his intimate relationship with Julia in an effort to maintain his individuality. His example inspires people today to find ways to preserve their civil liberties when faced with oppression.

1984, Orwell’s last and perhaps greatest work, deals with drastically heavy themes that still terrify his audience after 65 years. George Orwell’s story exemplifies excessive power, repression, surveillance, and manipulation in his strange, troubling dystopia full of alarming secrets that point the finger at totalitarian governments and mankind as a whole. What is even more disquieting is that 1984, previously considered science fiction, has in so many ways become a recognizable reality.

The two main characters of the novel 1984 are Winston Smith and Julia. Orwell’s purpose in 1984 is to demonstrate the prospects of totalitarianism. Winston’s resistance to express his individuality and to use his intelligence to reason his resistance shows to the reader the harsh domination that the Party have. Julia on the contrary, is untroubled and in a way narcissistic, and only interested in rebelling for the pleasures, Winston is inquisitive to understand how and why the Party use such power in the way that they do.

Nelson Mandela once said “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” In 1984 by George Orwell, this quote has the utmost prevalence. 1984 is a novel set in a dystopian society in which London, called “Airstrip One” in the novel, is under the control of a totalitarian government called “The Party.” The Party looks up to the teachings and beliefs of their hero “Big Brother.” This controlling government administers their citizens by giving them no privacy, leading them to believe that they are under a constant threat of death, and giving them no sense of freedom in any aspect of their lives. However, the main character, Winston Smith, does not agree with the ways of thinking that

The book 1984 depicts a society unimaginable to most; however, a further look shows us that we actually do live in an Orwellian society. Orwell describes a country called Oceania made of multiple continents which is ruled by the dictatorial “Big Brother” who uses different systems like the “thought police” and “telescreens” in order to have full control over the country. Our democratic government, through organizations such as the NSA and NGI, can look through our most private conversations and moments using spyware. Due to the secrecy of the government, citizens in 1984, as well as those in our society, fear the government.

A central concept in George Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, was the memory hole; a censoring garbage chute in which all documents deemed unacceptable, inconvenient, or even embarrassing by Big Brother went down to be destroyed. The people in power were able to control the past, present, and future using the memory hole to create a history as they wished it to be. Although this novel was fictional, the reality of 1984 is not too far from our own. Orwell’s central quote of the novel was “Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past" (Zinn 479). The notable quote holds wisdom and a message of exercising caution when it comes to history. Dominant ideologies and widely-accepted views of history have had calamitous consequences when gone unchallenged by society. Marchak examines who creates and governs the dominant ideology in society, as they are the ones ‘who control the present’. As the dominant ideology grows in a community, it makes it harder to challenge it. Free thought is continually celebrated and fought for in first world countries such as ours, but counter-ideologies are suppressed when inconvenient for those in control of the present. Zinn illustrates this oppression in his piece about the native and the colonialist perspective of Columbus’ story. The colonialist of today continue to provide Christopher Columbus with delusions of self-grandeur, and conveniently exclude the Native’s side of the story. However this is not the

This book starts in London on April fourth, 1984. The book is written in partly third person, and partly in first person. The book is divided into three distinct parts. The first part is showing you the main character, Winston Smith and his differences and frustration with the world he works and lives in. The country or the “Super state” he lives in called Oceania is run under a government called INGSOC (English Socialism). The leaders of the nation are called "The Party." The Party is divided into two sections, The Inner Party, and The Outer Party. The "Rich" and the "middle-class." There is a third group of people called "The Proles," or "The Proletariat" who are the lower class or the poorer class. The main leader of this government is called “Big Brother” and there also a very famous conspiracy theory about a traitor of the state by a person called “Emmanuel Goldstein” who was part of the inner party and then betrayed the state. The book is about the life of Smith with his frustration towards the government and the society he lives and the journey he embarks on from hating the party to finding comfort in another party worker and to eventually falling in love with big brother. The book is divided into three parts with the first part explaining the dynamics and structure of the new world. The second part focuses on how Smith finds solace by committing “though crime” as his act against the party and finally,

The next step along his journey, was Winston’s anger. The burning hatred for the societal rules that were unfairly placed upon him. After a life of following the rules and being