1984, written in 1947 by Eric Arthur Blair or better known as George Orwell, the novel is about a dystopian future where democracy has been removed and the government controls most aspects of life. Winston Smith, the main character in the novel, begins to grow suspicious of the government and slowly has a rebellion grow inside of him. Throughout the novel Winston grows angry towards the government and meets people who feel the same way. It is illegal to think bad about the government or show your disappreciation. Orwell uses a great deal of symbolism, to show the disconnection with life, destruction of the past, and conforming for fear of oneself-being. One of the many symbolisms in 1984, is the Victory Gin and cigarettes. The Victory Gin
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The government symbolises itself using a picture of a man with a moustache that they print on posters and put up. On the poster the words “Big Brother is watching you”. That is in fact true with the telescreens that watch everything you do in your house. What Big Brother really represents the authoritarian government that watched and controlled most aspects of your lives. Some people who’ve written blogs about 1984, also believe that the warming picture of the man who represents Big Brother, represents warm and comfort because it can protect you. At the same time it represents a threat to those who have something to hide or to those who don’t want to conform to the rest of society. The threat of Big Brother to the population what keeps them from revolting in secret. If you take away their privacy you take away their ability to revolt. 1984 is full of symbolism, i'm sure there's some that people haven’t even found yet because of the enriched concentration of it. Symbolism such as the gin represents a suppression, the memory hole represents the destruction of the past, and Big Brother represents the death of privacy and uprisings. Orwell uses these symbolism to show what a dystopian, socialist future may look like, and what the very near future may be holding for the people who live in
The government symbolises itself using a picture of a man with a moustache that they print on posters and put up. On the poster the words “Big Brother is watching you”. That is in fact true with the telescreens that watch everything you do in your house. What Big Brother really represents the authoritarian government that watched and controlled most aspects of your lives. Some people who’ve written blogs about 1984, also believe that the warming picture of the man who represents Big Brother, represents warm and comfort because it can protect you. At the same time it represents a threat to those who have something to hide or to those who don’t want to conform to the rest of society. The threat of Big Brother to the population what keeps them from revolting in secret. If you take away their privacy you take away their ability to revolt. 1984 is full of symbolism, i'm sure there's some that people haven’t even found yet because of the enriched concentration of it. Symbolism such as the gin represents a suppression, the memory hole represents the destruction of the past, and Big Brother represents the death of privacy and uprisings. Orwell uses these symbolism to show what a dystopian, socialist future may look like, and what the very near future may be holding for the people who live in