If I could talk to Orwell‚ I would tell him how incredibly disappointed I was after finishing 1984 due to Oceania’s victory and the loss of hope for the citizens. Since Oceania won the battle‚ they gained full control of Africa. This means that the Oceania government and their laws will expand toward other people. Rather than letting Oceania win the longtime war against Eurasia and Eastasia‚ I would make one of the two others win. If I let Oceania lose‚ it means that the citizens and proles would
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couple decades. The novel 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ depicts society under a totalitarian government. The people of that society are forced to conform to society: act how the government‚ or Big Brother‚ wants you to act‚ be what Big Brother wants you to be‚ and hardest of all‚ think how Big Brother wants you to think. Although this is a fictional novel‚ even the most fictitious novels have some amount of truth to
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Conformity is shown throughout 1984‚ where the society is filled with mindless followers.They follow the slogan which seems illogical and contradict each other. Also‚ the slogans have double meaning‚ that separates the people and the members of the party.The slogan are what the party represents to brainwash and promote nonsense to weaken the citizens independence and individual mind set. The government controls the thought and acts of the entire nation. Also‚ the eyes of big brother is always
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Modern day technology is basically parallel to the world in 1984. The difference is society voluntarily inserts themselves into technological control. The advances we have had in technology such as smart tv’s‚ social media‚ and how the government controls society’s minds are examples of how we mirror Oceania’s totalitarian government. Modern life merely resemembles the life presented in George Orwell’s 1984. Oceania’s government’s goal was to brainwash its’ citizens into believing that the way they
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Throughout history‚ the primary method of expressing oneself has been through language‚ from the lyrics of songs to emotion packed novels and countless other forms. In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984‚ the society of a nation known as Oceania is under constant control and surveillance from a government called the Party. The Party’s stability and continued power rely on the inability of the people to have emotions or thoughts‚ as that could lead to rebellion. In order to control the people‚ the
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satire shaping what a future could become George Orwell’s 1984‚ depicts a time of totalitarian and communism rule. Where ever you are big brother is watching you. Winston‚ Orwell’s main character in the satirical novel is a man struggling with his true identity in this gloomy world. Orwell‚ constructing this novel after the ending of World War II writes a satirical story that is also a warning to what can become of the world. Throughout 1984‚ George Orwell uses satire in his writing through literary
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the social conflict that Orwell struggled with was the way the people treated him‚ he describes himself as "young and ill-educated" which basically saying that he could of gotten a better education then having a job he didn’t like. He also struggled with the Burmese people‚ they disrespected him where at the beginning of his story mention us that he "was hated by large number of people" just because he is a police officer. This conflict does make the reader more interested because the reader wants
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Power is the strength and authority to control one’s thoughts‚ actions‚ and beliefs. In the novel 1984‚ the reader is exposed to the concept of power through manipulation and fear solely by Big Brother. He plays a big role in damaging the mental and physical state of Oceanians and also utilizes his power to benefit him and the Party. Restricting individualism‚ psychological manipulation‚ and reverse psychology are used in order for Big Brother to secure a dystopian‚ uniform society under the jurisdiction
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In George Orwell’s novel‚1984‚ the story is a country in a totalitarianism government. The main protagonist‚ Winston Smith‚ rebels against the Party and tries to find a way to destroy the Party’s power over the citizen. In the novel‚ he meets Julia‚ a worker from the friction department. In the novel‚ Winston hates Julia‚ then loves her and hates her again at the end. In the beginning of the novel‚ Winston hates the girl with dark hair. He believes she is a spy in the thought Police‚ who catch the
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would it feel if everything was controlled by fear and suffering but loving someone was way worse than doing a crime.In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ we the reader see that fear and suffering affect the characters within the novel such as Winston‚ Julia and O’Brien in ways that nowadays we find are much different/ similar then what we compare to our “normal”. In 1984 all of this can happen in a blink of an eye. II- The purpose of fear is to make us act it also helps us get motivate action
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