1984

The novel 1984 demonstrates, the use of language by totalitarian societies to restrict and control its’ citizens, and ultimately the resulting imposed ignorance that proves to be its’ citizens downfall. For instance, in the novel 1984 the Party uses Newspeak, a highly censored language to control what it’s citizens know and can speak about. Newspeak is constantly evolving and being censored to fit the wants and ideals of the Party as Syme reveals to Winston, '’Even the literature of the…...

'The real power, the power we have to fight for night and day, is not power over things, but over men' (O'Brien 266). In the novel, 1984, there are many concepts that can be related to today even though this book was written many years ago. In 1984 the people have no privacy and that’s how the party gets power over them. The movie, The Matrix, takes a person's whole life and puts them in a computer program, they get…...

George Orwell’s book 1984 “Nineteen Eighty Four” is widely known as one of the best works of the dystopian fiction that deals with important issues in our modern society, when we read Nineteen Eighty Four we notice that several predictions has come true. The novel is mostly discussed by politicians about Orwell’s sociopolitical criticism of modern societies. ”1984 is set in a future London where dictatorship and totalitarianism has become a way of life where liberalism and the ability to…...

There are parts in the world that we live in today that from the outside may seem like a healthy society but on the inside is unbearable to live. North Korea is the most isolated country on planet Earth. There is no leaving or entering the country; unless one is using the only vacation that they are allowed in their lifetime. The land of Oceania in the novel 1984 by George Orwell is also a place that is heavily structured,…...

In critic Neil Postman's passage on the dystopian novels of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, he speaks of the relation of each novel to today's society. He wishes to answer the question of which 20th-century novel, Huxley's Brave New World or Orwell's 1984, is more like our present day. 1984’s society consists of characteristics like being deprived of information, the truth being concealed from the people, and being a captive culture, conversely, BNW’s society has too much information, drowned out…...

What is human need to establish an ideal world? This question deserves our deep consideration. Many people want the perfect Utopia world, but Brave New World and 1984 tell us that utopia is not necessarily as beautiful as imagined. In the beautiful new world, the controller said in his happy statement: 'Of course it does. Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being…...

In the book 1984, Julia and Winston meet at the Ministry of Truth when Julia the “Dark-Haired girl” pretends to fall while slipping a note to Winston saying, “I love you”. At this moment, Winston felt afraid that Julia would be one of the thought police and betray him. Initially, I was unsure about trusting Julia due to the way she acted in the book but, her intentions began to unravel and demonstrated that her motive was not to hurt…...

In 1984 we come in counter a man that is named Winston Smith, he is a character we tend to pay the most attention to in the novel. He is involved in a group called Outer Party. Many people, unaware throughout this novel that he is actually a supporter of Big Brother. On another note about the previous definition of heroism, he is not a hero. (Winston comes in contact with a woman in Oceania and they join together, we…...

Imagine a society where the thoughts, emotions, and actions of every human are supervised by the government, and there is absolutely no freedom. This is a common theme for a dystopian society, as represented in the famous George Orwell novel, 1984. The “Party” had the power to control all humanity inside of Oceania. Winston Smith and his beloved coworker, Julia, are against them in light of the fact that they feel discontent about the oppression and inflexible control of the…...

George Orwell's novel 1984 demonstrates how a person can be completely changed. Winston Smith the protagonist in 1984 was completely changed by the end of the novel. The government transformed Winston's beliefs from despising to loving Big Brother. By the end of the novel Winston was fully transformed, his way of thinking was altered and he was brainwashed into loving Big Brother for the rest of his existence. Winston has been tortured, in the Ministry of Love by O'Brien for…...