Similarities Between Gattaca And 1984
GATTACA AND 1984 COMPARITIVE ESSAY
How has the comparative study of 1984 and Gattaca offered insights into ideas of control and freedom.
Control and freedom are both heavily universal aspects to the societies of the late 1900s. The ideas of control and freedom are presented in Nineteen Eighty Four written by George Orwell and “Gattaca” a film by Andrew Niccols. Both texts offer insights into the nature of societies dictated by control such as the totalitarian society of Nineteen Eighty Four and the genetically esteemed society of Gattaca. Both texts also explore the plights of characters in their attempts to obtain freedom.
Nineteen Eighty Four written by George Orwell is a didactic text which provides insights into the ideas of control …show more content…
This totalitarian government is represented by The Party in his novel Nineteen Eighty Four. The Party has unflawed universal control over society, as evidenced by its ability to break even an independent thinker such as Winston, and has mastered every aspect of psychological control, largely through utilizing technological developments to their advantage. The party employs technology to curtail human freedom and privacy and also to control behaviour. By placing telescreens and clandestine microphones all across Oceania, the Party is able to monitor its citizens 24/7 showing the extent of control in which the Party has. This is conveyed through monotonous language and imagery in “The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely”. Another way in which Orwell demonstrates the ideas of control and freedom is through the destruction of individualism. Through its effective psychological manipulation tactics, the Party destroys all sense of independence and individuality, essentially “three hundred million people all with the same face”. To have an independent thought borders on a felony. Early in the novel, Winston writes that
How has the comparative study of 1984 and Gattaca offered insights into ideas of control and freedom.
Control and freedom are both heavily universal aspects to the societies of the late 1900s. The ideas of control and freedom are presented in Nineteen Eighty Four written by George Orwell and “Gattaca” a film by Andrew Niccols. Both texts offer insights into the nature of societies dictated by control such as the totalitarian society of Nineteen Eighty Four and the genetically esteemed society of Gattaca. Both texts also explore the plights of characters in their attempts to obtain freedom.
Nineteen Eighty Four written by George Orwell is a didactic text which provides insights into the ideas of control …show more content…
This totalitarian government is represented by The Party in his novel Nineteen Eighty Four. The Party has unflawed universal control over society, as evidenced by its ability to break even an independent thinker such as Winston, and has mastered every aspect of psychological control, largely through utilizing technological developments to their advantage. The party employs technology to curtail human freedom and privacy and also to control behaviour. By placing telescreens and clandestine microphones all across Oceania, the Party is able to monitor its citizens 24/7 showing the extent of control in which the Party has. This is conveyed through monotonous language and imagery in “The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely”. Another way in which Orwell demonstrates the ideas of control and freedom is through the destruction of individualism. Through its effective psychological manipulation tactics, the Party destroys all sense of independence and individuality, essentially “three hundred million people all with the same face”. To have an independent thought borders on a felony. Early in the novel, Winston writes that