1984 Progression Essay

The world is everchanging, and time continues to tick by regardless of awareness or desires. With the ever passing of time, comes the progression and advancement of man. While these terms could be interpreted as the bettering of man by many, this is not always the case. Progression is the continuation of moving forward, and advancement can be described as the improvement or modification of some feature. The problem lies in the fact that so often people living in the world are ignorant of this passing and time and the world’s progression, and this has seemed to ring even more true as the years pass by. People of the world often get lost in their own lives and fail to see the greater scheme of things and become lost within the system. The novel 1984 by George Orwell, though science-fiction at its core, holds alarming truths about the world; truths within the conviction and how Orwell viewed the world progressing, and truths …show more content…
Still, if one allows themselves, they can truly see the everlasting implications and connections the concepts found in Orwell’s book as on society. Not just society as Orwell saw the world at the time of the books origin, but as it truly is, in our own world today. While some aspects of the text are incorrect and others exaggerated, many pieces within the words of the novel can be found to be happing in the world around us. It is a matter if we are brave enough to except it and open our eyes to see it occurring. Because it is important to note that these societal changes did not happen in the blink of an eye to the people of Oceania, nor would they occur quickly in the real-world. The changes would occur so slowly we wouldn’t even be aware of it, they would occur and we as Americans would be lost just as the citizens of Oceania; which is even more of a reason to actively remain