Big Brother

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In 1984 by George Orwell the world is ruled by three Oligarchy collective powers. In each society you are not allowed to express emotion. You are constantly monitored by an organization called the thought police. There is one ruler and that is Big Brother. Big Brother controls all facets of life for the citizens of Oceania. Everyone is fearful of others because you don't need to have evidence to prove someone innocent or not. Because of the fact that anyone can be turned in at anytime and there are spies everywhere, it makes it hard for one to rebel against the party. However, there are rebels that don’t want to follow the rules of the regime. Even though they can’t really make a difference they try to lead a better life than the ones they …show more content…
The top level is ruled by the all powerful Big Brother who is head of the party. Up next there is the Inner Party who can turn off their screens, and also in that sort of middle class is the Outer party. This group has the least amount of rights as they are the more closely watched than any other group. The bottom of this system is the proles which surprisingly have the most freedom of any group. In this world both Winston and Julia are both members of the lowest party, but their relationship of the party are two totally different approaches. Winston is about all out rebellion. When he is doing something against the party it is for the sole purpose of the fact he is going against the powers around him. Julia is bit more complicated. She has a love-hate relationship with the powers. Julia uses the party to hide from the fact she is actually rebelling, “Always yell with the crowd, that’s what I say . It’s the only way to be safe” (Orwell 122). This accurately describes the relationship Julia has with the party. She uses the activities, and hate stuff to make sure that no one is suspicious of her. Even though she thinks that what the party is doing is wrong she rebels to get the pleasures out of life. In order to break the rule of sex Julia gives everything else to the party. Now some might point out that Julia is a lot more with the party than against the party. However, that cannot …show more content…
That’s how it will always be. With the age difference there will be different thoughts, desires, and other behaviors that the “older generation” won’t have. It is no different in 1984. The kids are different from adults, and Julia especially has different values than all of the other people her age. Julia is 26 years old, while Winston is 39 and you can definitely tell that age has to do with the different philosophies that one another share. I mean you can look into today’s society and see how many different aspects of life we see differently. Off the top of your head you can just think of what yourself disagreed with people with a significant age difference than yourself; things like politics, certain professions, and war just to name a few. Julia is no different in this situation that so many of us face at least once in a lifetime. Julia fall in perfectly with this generation of teens and young adults. She really doesn’t care about many other people much, other than herself of course. Julia really only cares about one other person, but that is pretty regular for today's adolescents. This differs from what Winston views. When he is thinking about rebellion he is not only thinking about himself , he is thinking about all the other people. Now some might claim that Julia isn’t today's generation and is more like Winston. They say this because in the ned Julia does begin to care about the rebellion. Well to confront that

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