Politcal Allegory Term Paper of 1984- by Orwell
The Political allegory of George Orwell 's
1984
In 1984, by George Orwell, the reader sees a primary theme of political allegory and satire. Orwell is presenting the world of 1984 as a satiric statement of what might come to pass, though of course its exact form could never be predicted, if the world did not become aware of the terrible problems facing it, not in 1984, but here and now. Orwell wrote the novel not as a prediction, but as a warning. He believed that in many ways society was regressing back in the direction of barbarism, and that in the fight against fascism and other totalitarian and terroristic systems of government, even Western liberal society was being corrupted and was adopting the techniques used by its enemies. "Orwell 's purpose in writing was not only to record what was happening in the world and to project ahead in order to make men realize what was happening and likely to happen. It was as much or more his purpose to change the world"(Ranald).
George Orwell wrote an article on Arthur Koestler in 1944, which expresses the various aspects of his conflict about the question of social revolution. At one point he wrote, "It is quite possible that man 's major problems will never be solved. But it is also unthinkable! Who is there who dares to look at the world of today and say to himself, It will always be like this: '....." Niyazov 2
That is Orwell 's confession of his passionate inability to live without commitment to the idea of change. 1984 is the kind of book in which a writer finally explores the limits of his obsessions and the darkest aspects of themes he has been concerned with for years. Homage to Catalonia, Animal Farm, and 1984 are all concerned with political evil, the misuse of language, the destruction of history and the objective Koestler as "the impossibility of combining power with righteousness." Homage to Catalonia is documentary and journalism. Animal Farm is a fable. Orwell rewrote it with
1984
In 1984, by George Orwell, the reader sees a primary theme of political allegory and satire. Orwell is presenting the world of 1984 as a satiric statement of what might come to pass, though of course its exact form could never be predicted, if the world did not become aware of the terrible problems facing it, not in 1984, but here and now. Orwell wrote the novel not as a prediction, but as a warning. He believed that in many ways society was regressing back in the direction of barbarism, and that in the fight against fascism and other totalitarian and terroristic systems of government, even Western liberal society was being corrupted and was adopting the techniques used by its enemies. "Orwell 's purpose in writing was not only to record what was happening in the world and to project ahead in order to make men realize what was happening and likely to happen. It was as much or more his purpose to change the world"(Ranald).
George Orwell wrote an article on Arthur Koestler in 1944, which expresses the various aspects of his conflict about the question of social revolution. At one point he wrote, "It is quite possible that man 's major problems will never be solved. But it is also unthinkable! Who is there who dares to look at the world of today and say to himself, It will always be like this: '....." Niyazov 2
That is Orwell 's confession of his passionate inability to live without commitment to the idea of change. 1984 is the kind of book in which a writer finally explores the limits of his obsessions and the darkest aspects of themes he has been concerned with for years. Homage to Catalonia, Animal Farm, and 1984 are all concerned with political evil, the misuse of language, the destruction of history and the objective Koestler as "the impossibility of combining power with righteousness." Homage to Catalonia is documentary and journalism. Animal Farm is a fable. Orwell rewrote it with
Bibliography: Orwell, George. 1984. Signet Books: the New American Library of World Literature, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1950. Koestler, Arthur. Critical Essay. Secker and Warburg, London, 1946. Kaleckofsky, Roberta Ranald, Ralph. Monarch Notes. Simon & Schuster division of Gulf & Western Co. Simon & Schuster Building. New York, N.Y., 1965 Borman, Gilbert Ferrell, Keith. George Orwell The Political Pen. M. Evans and Company, Inc. New York, N.Y. 1985 Rosenfeld, Isaac A. 1984 not as a prediction but as a warning B 2. Reality is reverse of the language used to designate it V. 1984 as a satire on the intellectual and a defense of intellectual freedom