A Marxist Analysis of Nineteen Eighty-Four When reading George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four from a Marxist perspective‚ one can see various classic Marxist themes in the narrative. It describes a society called Oceania which lacks equality among its citizens‚ who are oppressed by their dictator leader known as Big Brother and are stuck in very defined social classes. The main character‚ Winston shows potential for resistance against this injustice‚ yet he never manages to spark a revolution
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In both the novel and film adaption of Nineteen Eighty Four‚ isolation is a major factor in which the Party succeeds in manipulating and controlling citizens. Both the novel and film reflect the use of isolation by the Party as one mean to maintain power‚ as well as to gain control over the thoughts of citizens within Oceania. Throughout the entirety of Nineteen Eighty Four‚ Orwell and Radford depict a society in which the Party maintains power over citizens through the destruction of relationships
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Winston’s rage is against Big Brother‚ the Party‚ and the Thought Police. Because of Winston’s internal conflict of wanting to learn the truth‚ he believes that what was said of Goldstein is true. Loneliness and hatred piles up upon Winston as the Two Minutes Hate continues. The external conflict toward the dark haired woman escalates as he turns his hate from the screen to her. Because she is pretty‚ young‚ and partakes with an aggressive symbol of chastity‚ Winston realizes he cannot sleep with her;
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Individual power is the control held within the hierarchy of ascendancy over others. Although it does take into account the ability to have command over one’s self‚ with regard to the freedom of influence and authority. In George Orwell’s didactic Nineteen Eighty Four¸ the autonomy of the individual is suppressed. His dystopic‚ totalitarian society depicts a world where the supremacy of the corporation is maintained through the deprivation of self-expression and the ever present threat of violent coercion
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In 1984‚ George Orwell uses symbolism to illustrate how a totalitarian government that controls the past will rob its citizens of their humanity in both the present and the future‚ through the coral paperweight. Winston’s purchase of the coral paperweight represents the beginning of his and Julia’s special relationship which he describes as “a beautiful thing… not like any glass he had ever seen” (80-81). The description of the glass paperweight as “ a beautiful thing” yet “not like any glass he
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we have no privacy‚ or when we can no longer make our own decisions. The novel Nineteen Eighty Four‚ written by George Orwell focus around the idea of an Orwellian government that observes and controls the past‚ present‚ and future of ignorant people. The government in Nineteen Eighty Four is an example of where our future‚ as a country lyes due to the tech used by law enforcement on ordinary people. The novel Nineteen Eighty Four describes technology that is way beyond its time frame. The tech being
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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Response to Totalitarian Rule “The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it‚” – Adolf Hitler. The concept of totalitarianism is a political system where the government ceases to recognize any limits to its authority‚ and in turn‚ successfully regulates every aspect of public and private life of the population. This type of regime is considered extremely undemocratic and fundamentally a dictatorship‚ where a sole party or
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The essay focuses on the state apparatuses’ surveillance of people described in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ such as telescreen‚ Big Brother’s images and propaganda. In the essay‚ the thesis argues that the surveillance is a hierarchical gaze which embodies an unequal relationship between the subject of viewing and the object of being viewed. More importantly‚ being pressured by the hierarchical gaze from the state apparatuses‚ individuals adapt this way of seeing and gaze at themselves
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TEXTS EXPLORED POWER AND AUTHORITY The abuse of power and authority leads to corruption. George Orwell’s satire Nineteen Eighty-four and Frank Darabont’s hellish version of prison life The Shawshank Redemption show the effects of the exercise of absolute power. These texts show that if there are no restrictions when it comes to authority it can lead to corruption. Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four demonstrates powerful warnings against the dangers of a totalitarian society. A theme used in Orwell’s
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Many authors bring in the theme of politics into their work in order to make their creations more appealing and as a form of expressing their personal views. George Orwell’s "Nineteen Eighty-four" is a novel that contains many political messages to the world. Orwell felt that part of his role as a writer is to serve as a voice of conscience to our society by trying to express the truth as he saw it. The novel was written in a crucial time period in modern history after the Second World War and at
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