Compare the society that Orwell creates in 1984 with the one that Burgess creates in ‘A Clockwork orange’
Compare the society that Orwell creates in 1984 with the one that Burgess creates in ‘A Clockwork orange’
Link your observations to the two writers, their contexts and their views on their own society.
The two novels that these writers are famous for link together in many ways. Despite the different time periods and views in which the writers effectively portray they share the key idea of a dystopian society. In this essay I will attempt to explore the differences as well as the similarities between the two societies created by Burgess and Orwell.
Orwell managed to create a society in which everybody had lost their freedom of thought, memories, feelings and life altogether-the ‘telescreen’ being a good example of this. Fear is mostly what we see that is keeping a rebellion from happening ‘A tremor had gone through his bowls.’ When Winston bought his diary he did not have to write anything in it before he had committed a crime against Big Brother this shows the full extent of what these people were going through and as the audience you truly begin to fear for the people in this estranged world. This society is seen to have been an extension of what was really going on at the time in which Orwell wrote the novel although critics say it is greatly exaggerated leaning towards the one view of a man at that time and that there were many sides of the tail to be told.
In comparison to a clockwork orang the fear is also there however the first-hand account is missing as the audience only get the side of the evil dictator-Alex and his gang- until later in the novel when the government take away Alexs’ freedom although even then sympathising with Alex is not something the audience can do after all he still is as bad as he was before he began the treatment and critics would argue that Alex deserved the treatment.
Similarly both societies are violent and run using harsh techniques such as the ludivicos technique as well as the hangings in the town square in 1984 as
Link your observations to the two writers, their contexts and their views on their own society.
The two novels that these writers are famous for link together in many ways. Despite the different time periods and views in which the writers effectively portray they share the key idea of a dystopian society. In this essay I will attempt to explore the differences as well as the similarities between the two societies created by Burgess and Orwell.
Orwell managed to create a society in which everybody had lost their freedom of thought, memories, feelings and life altogether-the ‘telescreen’ being a good example of this. Fear is mostly what we see that is keeping a rebellion from happening ‘A tremor had gone through his bowls.’ When Winston bought his diary he did not have to write anything in it before he had committed a crime against Big Brother this shows the full extent of what these people were going through and as the audience you truly begin to fear for the people in this estranged world. This society is seen to have been an extension of what was really going on at the time in which Orwell wrote the novel although critics say it is greatly exaggerated leaning towards the one view of a man at that time and that there were many sides of the tail to be told.
In comparison to a clockwork orang the fear is also there however the first-hand account is missing as the audience only get the side of the evil dictator-Alex and his gang- until later in the novel when the government take away Alexs’ freedom although even then sympathising with Alex is not something the audience can do after all he still is as bad as he was before he began the treatment and critics would argue that Alex deserved the treatment.
Similarly both societies are violent and run using harsh techniques such as the ludivicos technique as well as the hangings in the town square in 1984 as