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When George Orwell wrote his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, he set the story thirty-five years into the future and so the public thought little of it. Many people believed that such a dramatic change in government was impossible and that his work was more of a joke and less of a warning, which is expected because although ¨… he clearly [had] a message to deliver, Orwell never resorts to preaching. [After all, ] he is a storyteller, not a politician¨(Olson). However, when one reads and ponders Orwell’s

“If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.” - Benjamin Franklin Explore the themes of individuality and conformity in ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ and ‘Fahrenheit 451’ In ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’, by George Orwell, and ‘Fahrenheit 451’, by Ray Bradbury, individuality and conformity are presented as fundamental toward the stability of both societies: without the command over these two factors the governments’s influence on the masses would “break down”. Accordingly, in order to maintain dominance

Contained within the novels The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a fight for power and control – not of land, or political position – but of language. Language is seen within both of these novels as being central to the telling of one’s own story – without the control of power and language, it is not possible to convey the intricacies, thoughts, feelings and ideas behind these stories. Whether this story is conveyed through a diary, or through cassette

George Orwell’s use of satire in Nineteen Eighty-Four makes his message powerful. The strength of his message was so powerful that he even got an adjective that denotes the conditions that are destructive to the welfare of society. Through satire he effectively makes the reader realize the depressing and irreversible future that is a consequence of political indifference. First, his use of irony throughout his story helps place emphasis on his message and deepen the reader’s understanding of

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a compelling novel, written in the period just after W.W.II. It details the life of one man, Winston Smith, and his struggles with an undoubtedly fascist government. The book is set approximately in the year 1984, in which Winston's society is ruled by a governing force known as "The Party". At the head of this government is a fictional figure known as Big Brother, to whom all citizens must love and respect. In this society, privacy and freedom do not exist.

rebellious or kindred, this is their weapon. Whether or not they survive the battle is another case however. Similarly, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Edward Bloor’s Taken both share this attribute in their main characters. Living in the dystopian era of 1984, Winston Smith is a kindred spirit longing for the past, in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is a simple man that goes to work at the Ministry of Truth and comes home promptly, but he has a secret. A secret so compromising that

Power and Control in Nineteen Eighty-Four The dystopian society portrayed in George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” depicts the inner functions of a totalitarian government through the eyes of Outer Party Worker, Winston Smith. The story takes place in the fictional superstate of Oceania, where the ruling Party and its leader, Big Brother, seek absolute power over the citizens. The Party achieves and maintains power through implementing concepts of freedom, psychological manipulation, and continuous

George Orwell’s convoluted novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, can be interpreted through various literary lenses. The world of Oceania is split up into three factions and throughout this novel, Orwell proves[1] there are distinctions between the classes of the Inner Party, Outer Party and the Proles. Orwell establishes that the overarching theme of this novel is government interjection in people’s lives which further alienates them from what makes them inherently human. The Inner Party and Outer Party

Introduction In Nineteen Eighty Four this dystopian world is largely conveyed through the dramatic irony in the three party slogans “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” These slogans are emphasised as Winston is a man guilty of “doublethink” and clearly does not agree with the slogans that his society is forced to live by. The impact of the irony on the responder becomes stronger, as we live in a world where we dream of no war, have the right to freedom and encourage education

--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