Arpit 1984 Essay
Arpit Nagra Nagra1 Mrs.Arciero English II Honors 5 January 2015
1984 Essay Imagine living in a society in which the government monitors your every move. That sets the scene of George Orwell's 1984. Winston Smith, the protagonist of this novel, lives in such a society, and his job is to modify history by altering old newspaper records to coincide with the new reality decided by the Party. Therefore, it has complete and utter control of its subjects: a totalitarian government. To reinforce its authority, the Party has slogans that hold its ideals and major beliefs. One of these slogans are "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." This, as a whole, means that the past has an effect on the future, for previous events that occurred ensure the mindset of the people in the future, and whether or not they want to repeat history. Also, the Party controls the people in the present, and can therefore control the past with the authority to go back and modify history on paper to control what is being taught to the masses. Events in the past have a great influence on events in the future. This is an ideal held to be true not only in the society in 1984, but also in today's society. The past is recorded in history books, and is taught in schools. If the past was ideal, then people will try to re-establish it. However, if the past was horrendous, then people will try to ensure that such events won't happen again. This correlates to the technique used by the Party. They created a past of desolation and anguish through altering history records, and claim to have liberated the people of Oceania. As a result, everyone fully abides by the Party, for they don't want to repeat the "past." Therefore, who controls the past controls the future. Nagra 2 The Party itself controls the present, therefore it is able to control the past. Their main
1984 Essay Imagine living in a society in which the government monitors your every move. That sets the scene of George Orwell's 1984. Winston Smith, the protagonist of this novel, lives in such a society, and his job is to modify history by altering old newspaper records to coincide with the new reality decided by the Party. Therefore, it has complete and utter control of its subjects: a totalitarian government. To reinforce its authority, the Party has slogans that hold its ideals and major beliefs. One of these slogans are "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." This, as a whole, means that the past has an effect on the future, for previous events that occurred ensure the mindset of the people in the future, and whether or not they want to repeat history. Also, the Party controls the people in the present, and can therefore control the past with the authority to go back and modify history on paper to control what is being taught to the masses. Events in the past have a great influence on events in the future. This is an ideal held to be true not only in the society in 1984, but also in today's society. The past is recorded in history books, and is taught in schools. If the past was ideal, then people will try to re-establish it. However, if the past was horrendous, then people will try to ensure that such events won't happen again. This correlates to the technique used by the Party. They created a past of desolation and anguish through altering history records, and claim to have liberated the people of Oceania. As a result, everyone fully abides by the Party, for they don't want to repeat the "past." Therefore, who controls the past controls the future. Nagra 2 The Party itself controls the present, therefore it is able to control the past. Their main