Orwell’s 1984 describes a totalitarian government and methods used by them to gain control of the populace. I am going to discuss how 1984 describes populace of the Outer Party and the Proles helped to maintain the dystopian society in which they lived. I would also talk about what Slouka‚ Atkinsson and Marquez would suggest on how to avoid these problems. Orwell’s book largely describes the great divide between the inner party members and others. The others consist of Proles and the Outer Party
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In the novel 1984‚ Orwell produced a social critique on totalitarianism and a future dystopia that made the world pause and think about our past‚ present and future. When reading this novel we all must take the time to think of the possibility that Orwell ’s world could come to pass. Orwell presents the concepts of power‚ marginalization‚ and resistance through physical‚ psychological‚ sexual and political control of the people of Oceania. The reader experiences the emotional ride through the eyes
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During 1984: The Game‚ I learned the importance of the value of independence and freedom. Previous to playing the game‚ I would consistently wear whatever I wanted‚ I would write with whatever I wanted to‚ and I was allowed to live ownlife. But the game gave me a new perspective‚ not only on Winston and his hardships but on my peers. While engaged in the game‚ due to the secrecy developed within the tension of ignorance‚ I felt paranoid and oppressed. Because nobody knew what role everybody in
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by Oceania. The majority of the other land is in North and South America‚ and makes up what would be the United States‚ Canada‚ and Mexico among others. Today citizens of these countries all enjoy freedom of expression in multiple ways. Obviously in 1984 Oceania this is not the case‚ as the people live under constant surveillance and oppression from Big Brother. many would argue that freedom of expression is a basic human right that should always be recognized by a government. Big Brother‚ along with
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Controversies over who holds the power‚ who lacks it‚ and what is done with power affect society. In 1984‚ George Orwell conveyed his views on power through the totalitarian government‚ Oceania. His work conveys the idea that in order to gain complete power and control‚ one must force others to surrender their personal beliefs. Orwell wrote 1984 almost forty years before the actual year of 1984‚ in response to Russian totalitarian government. In the novel‚ Oceania controls everything: what people
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Faults Upon One Another Human main objective in life is to be happy. In the book 1984‚ written by George Orwell‚ a man wants to seek for his happiness‚ but with a plot twist ends up being more miserable than he is. He wants to make friends in his isolated society‚ but unfortunately greets his enemies he never imagined he would meet. Winston is a person who believes he is right even when he was under torture to speak the truth. Although‚ Winston is part of the destruction of his current state‚ the
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current ideology‚ to make things more convenient for themselves. If a previous statement does not conform with the what the governing party currently is saying‚ it would be changed‚ the record of it happening obliterated. This is a common occurrence in 1984‚ and Winston is one of the culprits. In chapter four he explains the process: "As soon as all the corrections which happened to be necessary in any particular number of The Times had been assembled and collated‚ that number would be reprinted‚ the
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government to fight against these acts of stolen privacy. In the novel‚ “1984”‚ the ever presence of the telescreen‚ the common day security camera‚ constantly in use to oversee the people of the nation in order to keep them in check. Big Brother‚ who enforces the usage of the telescreens on the people of Oceania‚ to peep on the actions and duties to which every single member of the society must complete their own jobs. Telescreens in 1984 are the equivalent to the modern day security cameras‚ but in the
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ending plays a very important role on the way it is perceived; for example‚ a novel could have a great plot and character development but having a dissatisfying ending will just make the reader want to toss it directly into the trash can. In his novel 1984‚ George Orwell manages to link the events throughout the novel into the most satisfactory ending I’ve read so far: Winston’s death. When reading the novel for the first time I thought O’Brien actually belonged to the brotherhood and was somehow trying
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