1984 by George Orwell is portrayed in many dystopian ways. It talks about the dystopian society people live in, how the control people are under is dystopian and Winston being a dystopian protagonist. In the novel, Orwell shows a dystopia with his way of a futuristic setting while showing the fear of technology. In a dystopian society and/or technological trends have contributed to a corrupted or degraded state of deprivation and oppression. Governmental tyranny and an exploitation of the people are also influential in a dystopia.
“A dystopia is a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintaing through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral or totalitarian control.” …show more content…
He lives in a society in which the government brainwashes individuals into thinking they live in a perfect state (Utopia), but in reality, they live in an illusion of a perfect state, that which is forced upon the people (Dystopia). Winston is probably one of very few who realizes this situation and he acknowledges that it is wrong, and he struggles to hold in his feelings of dislike towards The Party, but eventually he starts having hope and starts to rebel against The Party. He puts his hope in a group of people who aren't under the complete control of the state 1984, they are "proles", in Brave New World, they are people on the reservation and in We, they are people outside the walls of the One State. Usually when the dystopian protagonist sets a goal, he either wants to escape or wants to destruct the society's principles, but usually he fails in his intention to change anything and sometimes they themselves end up changed to conform to the society's rules. In reference that is what happened to Winston because he had hope in a better future but that all came crashing down. Winston can't really be seen as a hero even though he is the protagonist of the story. However, you can take this as one of the reasons that he is an anti-hero. He would have developed from his image of ordinary
“A dystopia is a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintaing through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral or totalitarian control.” …show more content…
He lives in a society in which the government brainwashes individuals into thinking they live in a perfect state (Utopia), but in reality, they live in an illusion of a perfect state, that which is forced upon the people (Dystopia). Winston is probably one of very few who realizes this situation and he acknowledges that it is wrong, and he struggles to hold in his feelings of dislike towards The Party, but eventually he starts having hope and starts to rebel against The Party. He puts his hope in a group of people who aren't under the complete control of the state 1984, they are "proles", in Brave New World, they are people on the reservation and in We, they are people outside the walls of the One State. Usually when the dystopian protagonist sets a goal, he either wants to escape or wants to destruct the society's principles, but usually he fails in his intention to change anything and sometimes they themselves end up changed to conform to the society's rules. In reference that is what happened to Winston because he had hope in a better future but that all came crashing down. Winston can't really be seen as a hero even though he is the protagonist of the story. However, you can take this as one of the reasons that he is an anti-hero. He would have developed from his image of ordinary