1984 Vs Modern Day Essay

When George Orwell wrote of the violence plagued, closely monitored, bounding society of 1984, he made many predictions about the future society that hold truth now. Our society has similarities and differences to the society depicted in 1984. From the development of drones, to the use of brutality, our world has shown many similarities the the dystopian novel 1984. In other ways, current-day is very different from the mythical year. As far as language, the lingo of citizens of Oceania and people now is unalike . Beneficial or not- the advancements displayed in Orwell’s fictional society were meant to serve as a warning and an example of what our world was likely to become. A major similarity between our society and Oceania is the abundance of violence. In 1984, brutality is everywhere. In the Ministry of Love, pain is …show more content…
In 1984, Newspeak is used and dedicated to the destruction of words. According to Syme, there is a ‘“great wastage… of verbs and adjectives…. [as well as] hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of.”’ In order to prevent rebellious ideas, words are removed from the vocabulary of citizens so that eventually “‘the whole notion of goodness and badness will be covered by only six words”’ (Orwell 57). The party suppresses vocabulary because it believes that if one does not know a word, they are not capable of the idea; but surely that is not the mindset of our day. Presently, having a vast vocabulary is praised and one who uses various adjectives is seen a better educated, and “those who are well-read, well-spoken, and knowledgeable on a variety of topics tend to get promotions more quickly (and more often) than those with smaller vocabularies and lack of awareness of literature, scientific breakthroughs, and global events” (Lana Winter-Hebert). With an expansive vocabulary, there is a link to a better education, and more opportunities in our society for diversity of thought and