Examples Of Dystopia In 1984

1984-Dystopias and Utopias 1984 is one of the pioneer novels of the dystopia genre of books and one of the most famous examples. Published by George Orwell in 1949 it helped set the precedent for the genre as a whole, including establishing tropes such as constant government monitoring, government mind control, the rebellious individual that stands against the government, and the sheer size and power of the oppressive government known as The Party. In the novel protagonist Winston Smith explore the ideas of dissent to the party, and attempting to be an individual and rebel in a society that wishes to destroy all sense of self and individualism in what is now considered a typical dystopian manner. These topics have become increasingly relevant in the english language and political discussion, with terms like Orwellian, Big Brother, and doublethink becoming words to describe some more oppressive governments.
A utopia can be described as a place where everything is perfect and there are no problems that plague the people. Some utopian societies share several properties with the most common properties being freedom of the people, the society being completely peaceful, some element of isolation from the rest of the world, a higher standard of living and technological advances, and the need for labor eliminated. Examples in literature are The Republic by Plato, New Atlantis by Sir Francis Bacon, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, and The Stand by Stephen King. Utopias can play a different role as a literary device based on the novel. In The Stand the roughly utopian Free Zone characterizes the good of mankind attempting to stand against the corruption from the evil Las Vegas society run by the main antagonist. However in other novels like Robinson Crusoe the utopia is just used to explore the actual concept of the society