2) This book is written in third-person, with limited omniscient point of view. The actual narrator is unknown in the story.
3) 1984’s tone could be very easily described as dark, or depressing. The reason for this is because the book does not end up “happily ever after” like a Disney princess story, instead it ends up with Winston Smith (The book’s main character/protagonist) being tortured and brainwashed until he gave in to the government’s wishes and/or propaganda.
4) The setting of this story is in futuristic London, with Britain being renamed to Airstrip One, and being changed to a province of “Oceania.” The story takes place in the year 1984 (The book was written in 1948, so 1984 was still the future.) Although futuristic, London isn’t …show more content…
The first theme discusses the damage a totalitarian government does to a society. The theme stated outright could be, “If you don’t pay attention and fight for what you think is right, stuff like what’s happened in the story could very well happen in real life.” I find this theme to be scarily accurate, as it has been shown in governments like North Korea, China, and Russia and even some parts of the theme can be demonstrated here in the U.S. (Such as surveillance, as has been shown by the leaked Snowden documents, but I’ll keep US politics out of this report). A great quote that helps prove this theme could be, “Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” (Orwell, 70) This quote helps prove the theme by stating that until you have realized what’s going on, you will just continue your life without realizing that you’re being run like a machine, but if you’re already under rule by the government, it is already too late, so don’t let that happen to you. Another theme that could be found in this story really stresses love and sexuality. Winston and Julia go to great lengths to show their love for each other, including risking being caught as a thought criminal, attempting to hide from telescreens and cameras to have recreational sex, as well as many other things. They knew they were going to get caught eventually, as Julia even states, “… everybody always confesses. You can’t help it.” (Orwell 166). The theme in this story, although slightly cliché, could be that, “Love is a powerful thing, and you shouldn’t take advantage of it.” A quote that helps demonstrate the power of love could be, “Chastity was as deep ingrained in them as Party loyalty. By careful early conditioning, by games and cold water, by the rubbish that was dinned into them at school and in the Spies and the Youth League, by lectures, parades, songs, slogans, and martial music, the natural
3) 1984’s tone could be very easily described as dark, or depressing. The reason for this is because the book does not end up “happily ever after” like a Disney princess story, instead it ends up with Winston Smith (The book’s main character/protagonist) being tortured and brainwashed until he gave in to the government’s wishes and/or propaganda.
4) The setting of this story is in futuristic London, with Britain being renamed to Airstrip One, and being changed to a province of “Oceania.” The story takes place in the year 1984 (The book was written in 1948, so 1984 was still the future.) Although futuristic, London isn’t …show more content…
The first theme discusses the damage a totalitarian government does to a society. The theme stated outright could be, “If you don’t pay attention and fight for what you think is right, stuff like what’s happened in the story could very well happen in real life.” I find this theme to be scarily accurate, as it has been shown in governments like North Korea, China, and Russia and even some parts of the theme can be demonstrated here in the U.S. (Such as surveillance, as has been shown by the leaked Snowden documents, but I’ll keep US politics out of this report). A great quote that helps prove this theme could be, “Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” (Orwell, 70) This quote helps prove the theme by stating that until you have realized what’s going on, you will just continue your life without realizing that you’re being run like a machine, but if you’re already under rule by the government, it is already too late, so don’t let that happen to you. Another theme that could be found in this story really stresses love and sexuality. Winston and Julia go to great lengths to show their love for each other, including risking being caught as a thought criminal, attempting to hide from telescreens and cameras to have recreational sex, as well as many other things. They knew they were going to get caught eventually, as Julia even states, “… everybody always confesses. You can’t help it.” (Orwell 166). The theme in this story, although slightly cliché, could be that, “Love is a powerful thing, and you shouldn’t take advantage of it.” A quote that helps demonstrate the power of love could be, “Chastity was as deep ingrained in them as Party loyalty. By careful early conditioning, by games and cold water, by the rubbish that was dinned into them at school and in the Spies and the Youth League, by lectures, parades, songs, slogans, and martial music, the natural