In today’s world, the citizens of every country look towards a government to lead them. These governments, who insist on having the people’s best interest at heart, may not have intentions as good as they promise. In George Orwell’s 1984, the totalitarian government is exposed for seeking power for their own selfish desires. The citizens are kept ignorant of their motives as they are too preoccupied with the constant war between Oceania and its neighbours. To further suppress the ignorance, telescreens are kept in every room to watch the civilians. Singing, a symbol of happiness is lacking in Oceania, something Winston notices. Finally, the book concludes with Winston playing chess by himself, signifying the victory of the Party. George Orwell’s
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The people of Oceania must always stop what they are doing to watch what is on the telescreens. Whether it is an update on the chocolate ration or the 2 minute hate video, everyone must give their utmost attention to the telescreens. To exacerbate matters, the telescreens can also monitor the citizens. It is, in fact, the telescreen that finally puts an end to Winston and Julia’s affair. Up above Mr. Charrington’s shop, Winston and Julia muse about the red-armed prole woman when another voice startles them; then, there is “a crash of breaking glass. The picture had fallen to the floor, uncovering the telescreens behind it” (Orwell 222). The telescreen has been watching the pair throughout their countless meetings and eventually leads to their arrest. How unfortunate for the arrest to happen right after Winston’s epiphany, where he comes to terms on what it truly means to be …show more content…
Winston first encounters a thrush singing in the woods after his first open meeting with Julia, followed later by the red-armed prole woman singing outside Mr. Charrington’s shop. To sing freely is a symbol of happiness. Winston points out that “the birds sang, the proles sang, the Party did not sing” (Orwell 221). The thrush in the forest and the red-armed prole woman sing because they are free from the Party and the control and immorality that surround the members of the outer Party. The people of Oceania also “sing”- but they sing the party’s beliefs. Blackwhite is a newspeak word explained through Emmanuel Goldstein’s book as “a loyal willingness to say that black is white…and more, to know that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary” (Orwell 212). The people will believe anything the Party tells them; if the Party says that Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia and that Eurasia is the ally, then it is true. This docile attention, this submissiveness, creates an easy advantage for the party to gain the power that it selfishly
The people of Oceania must always stop what they are doing to watch what is on the telescreens. Whether it is an update on the chocolate ration or the 2 minute hate video, everyone must give their utmost attention to the telescreens. To exacerbate matters, the telescreens can also monitor the citizens. It is, in fact, the telescreen that finally puts an end to Winston and Julia’s affair. Up above Mr. Charrington’s shop, Winston and Julia muse about the red-armed prole woman when another voice startles them; then, there is “a crash of breaking glass. The picture had fallen to the floor, uncovering the telescreens behind it” (Orwell 222). The telescreen has been watching the pair throughout their countless meetings and eventually leads to their arrest. How unfortunate for the arrest to happen right after Winston’s epiphany, where he comes to terms on what it truly means to be …show more content…
Winston first encounters a thrush singing in the woods after his first open meeting with Julia, followed later by the red-armed prole woman singing outside Mr. Charrington’s shop. To sing freely is a symbol of happiness. Winston points out that “the birds sang, the proles sang, the Party did not sing” (Orwell 221). The thrush in the forest and the red-armed prole woman sing because they are free from the Party and the control and immorality that surround the members of the outer Party. The people of Oceania also “sing”- but they sing the party’s beliefs. Blackwhite is a newspeak word explained through Emmanuel Goldstein’s book as “a loyal willingness to say that black is white…and more, to know that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary” (Orwell 212). The people will believe anything the Party tells them; if the Party says that Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia and that Eurasia is the ally, then it is true. This docile attention, this submissiveness, creates an easy advantage for the party to gain the power that it selfishly