1984
Sample Essay on 1984
George Orwell’s novel “1984” is truly a masterpiece that continues influencing many people around the world and has a deserved title of best-seller. The novel presents a nightmare vision of the repressive state control in Oceania. Although written in the middle of the last century, this story is nevertheless relevant today to the politics of state as it has never been before. This book teaches us not only the important lessons of the past, but also presents the essential ideas about spread of totalitarian regimes and how it can be easily achieved in the state-run societies.
“1984” has never been a fiction. Orwell has simply projected how the totalitarian states of that time will emerge if no actions are taken. Unfortunately, today we see that this projection has rooted in one of the most democratic and free countries of the world, the United States of America. A close analysis of the essentials required for the authoritarian state establishment and maintenance reveals some of the similar key trends seen in the current state politics of the United States.
A first conditional essential for the initiation of the authoritarian claims is the state of emergency. There is no better way to achieve this than to make all people in the country believe that there is a perceived enemy and that the government is forced to be in a constant state of war against this enemy. The state of emergency is made even worse if people are made believe that enemy is anywhere (Fisher, 2004).
In “1984” Oceania’s residents are being convinced that the constant state of war in their country is held against a foreign superpower known as Eurasia and the internal underground organization called brotherhood. Goldstein, who is thought to be a leader of the brotherhood, is claimed to be an anti-revolutionary leader, who supports Eurasia. People of Oceania are also imposed with the image of their leader “Big Brother” and made believe that he will protect them from the
George Orwell’s novel “1984” is truly a masterpiece that continues influencing many people around the world and has a deserved title of best-seller. The novel presents a nightmare vision of the repressive state control in Oceania. Although written in the middle of the last century, this story is nevertheless relevant today to the politics of state as it has never been before. This book teaches us not only the important lessons of the past, but also presents the essential ideas about spread of totalitarian regimes and how it can be easily achieved in the state-run societies.
“1984” has never been a fiction. Orwell has simply projected how the totalitarian states of that time will emerge if no actions are taken. Unfortunately, today we see that this projection has rooted in one of the most democratic and free countries of the world, the United States of America. A close analysis of the essentials required for the authoritarian state establishment and maintenance reveals some of the similar key trends seen in the current state politics of the United States.
A first conditional essential for the initiation of the authoritarian claims is the state of emergency. There is no better way to achieve this than to make all people in the country believe that there is a perceived enemy and that the government is forced to be in a constant state of war against this enemy. The state of emergency is made even worse if people are made believe that enemy is anywhere (Fisher, 2004).
In “1984” Oceania’s residents are being convinced that the constant state of war in their country is held against a foreign superpower known as Eurasia and the internal underground organization called brotherhood. Goldstein, who is thought to be a leader of the brotherhood, is claimed to be an anti-revolutionary leader, who supports Eurasia. People of Oceania are also imposed with the image of their leader “Big Brother” and made believe that he will protect them from the
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