Interpretive Oral Presentation Transcript on “Nineteen Eighty Four”
What were Winston Smith’s philosophical concerns toward his observance of human nature in society and the way people lived their life, in the context of the novel?
In the text “Nineteen Eighty Four”, the way the human nature in society and the way people lived their lives was noticeably a concern for Winston. He saw that life was becoming too mechanical and that the loss of humanity was becoming a reality. A mechanical lifestyle involves the idea of conformity, where the population changes their behaviour in order to fit into the society. Loss of freedom on the other hand is the main concept behind the loss of humanity, branching out into three main areas; newspeak, thought police and Big Brother.
A mechanical lifestyle firstly arises in the text, becoming a main concern that Winston observes in the society. A mechanical life in general means that completed actions are identical to each everyday. In the context of the book, this means that because of the ascendancy of the Party, people cannot live their lives as they naturally …show more content…
A Government that creates a language and mandates the use can control the minds of its citizens. This idea is exactly what the Party has tried to enforce in this fictional world. The control by the Party allows them to basically do anything they want without any opposition from external forces. This is where the thought police come into the picture by limiting the way people think. This is how the Party deals with the opposition, catching them in the act of thinking suspiciously and dealing with them by means necessary before the threat comes. Winston realized this and to counter, wrote down all his thoughts into a diary, preventing him from being arrested for a period of time. Newspeak and the thought police stamp their authority on the civilization of Air Strip
What were Winston Smith’s philosophical concerns toward his observance of human nature in society and the way people lived their life, in the context of the novel?
In the text “Nineteen Eighty Four”, the way the human nature in society and the way people lived their lives was noticeably a concern for Winston. He saw that life was becoming too mechanical and that the loss of humanity was becoming a reality. A mechanical lifestyle involves the idea of conformity, where the population changes their behaviour in order to fit into the society. Loss of freedom on the other hand is the main concept behind the loss of humanity, branching out into three main areas; newspeak, thought police and Big Brother.
A mechanical lifestyle firstly arises in the text, becoming a main concern that Winston observes in the society. A mechanical life in general means that completed actions are identical to each everyday. In the context of the book, this means that because of the ascendancy of the Party, people cannot live their lives as they naturally …show more content…
A Government that creates a language and mandates the use can control the minds of its citizens. This idea is exactly what the Party has tried to enforce in this fictional world. The control by the Party allows them to basically do anything they want without any opposition from external forces. This is where the thought police come into the picture by limiting the way people think. This is how the Party deals with the opposition, catching them in the act of thinking suspiciously and dealing with them by means necessary before the threat comes. Winston realized this and to counter, wrote down all his thoughts into a diary, preventing him from being arrested for a period of time. Newspeak and the thought police stamp their authority on the civilization of Air Strip