1984 Analytical Essay
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Finesse of Emotions What makes us human? What makes us human is our curiosity and constant evolution. What makes us human is the ability to create social categories and to form opinions. Abstract emotions including love, thought and creativity are what make us human. In 1984, George Orwell uses his dystopia to show that if we were to abolish these abstract emotions we would cease to be human and become the simple primates we once were; surviving for the sake of survival. Orwell uses Winston and Julia’s relationship to show the power of the human emotion of love. Winston is a pessimistic man that has nothing to live for except for life itself, until he meets a love interest; Julia. Orwell narrates “At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid" (91). Winston is completely changed by the simple words “I love you”. For a brief second he feels “the desire to stay alive” because he feels love. His whole purpose of survival is changed. Without this incident he would have kept struggling to survive for nothing but survival. In another instance, after Winston is captured and going though mental reconstruction he goes into room 101. Winston screams frantically, “Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones” (33). Winston is at a physiological point break due to the intense torture to where he will sacrifice his love for survival. Winston says not only to “do it to Julia!”, but to “strip he to the bones” so he does not have to go through the intense torture. He exchanges his love and his humanity in order to survive, and therefore ceases being human. Orwell shows how the limiting of creativity takes away from our humanity. In the golden country Winston is lying down enjoying the ambience. Orwell illustrates, “But by degrees the flood of music drove all speculations out of his
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Finesse of Emotions What makes us human? What makes us human is our curiosity and constant evolution. What makes us human is the ability to create social categories and to form opinions. Abstract emotions including love, thought and creativity are what make us human. In 1984, George Orwell uses his dystopia to show that if we were to abolish these abstract emotions we would cease to be human and become the simple primates we once were; surviving for the sake of survival. Orwell uses Winston and Julia’s relationship to show the power of the human emotion of love. Winston is a pessimistic man that has nothing to live for except for life itself, until he meets a love interest; Julia. Orwell narrates “At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid" (91). Winston is completely changed by the simple words “I love you”. For a brief second he feels “the desire to stay alive” because he feels love. His whole purpose of survival is changed. Without this incident he would have kept struggling to survive for nothing but survival. In another instance, after Winston is captured and going though mental reconstruction he goes into room 101. Winston screams frantically, “Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones” (33). Winston is at a physiological point break due to the intense torture to where he will sacrifice his love for survival. Winston says not only to “do it to Julia!”, but to “strip he to the bones” so he does not have to go through the intense torture. He exchanges his love and his humanity in order to survive, and therefore ceases being human. Orwell shows how the limiting of creativity takes away from our humanity. In the golden country Winston is lying down enjoying the ambience. Orwell illustrates, “But by degrees the flood of music drove all speculations out of his