Orwell’s 1984 1984, written by George Orwell, published in 1949 history actually begins in a letter he wrote to Mr. Wilmette in May 1944. This tragic period of the war, with the constant bombing of London, and the unknowing if the allies were on the verge of invading the continent or the Nazi invasion of England would be forthcoming. George Orwell fear that Hitler was soon to be replaced with a greater tyrant, Stalin, the influence of Anglo-American millionaires and with petty wars throughout the globe. The spread of socialist movements would increase throughout Europe because of the movement towards,” centralized economies.” Centralized economies are not democratically evolved therefore a social hierarchy takes over. The English having
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As for Russia, philosophies of the revolution give a greater hope for its people than what took place in Nazi Germany. Orwell’s final thought was to make things better you have to be able to criticize the government (George Orwell).
After the First World War, the general feeling among the young people was that you should enjoy life now. Young man has experienced the horrors of trench warfare and nurses caring for the horrific injuries and mental suffering of the soldiers during the First World War made young men and women old before their time. The 1930s began with subtle erosion among the class barriers. This was a transitional time for society and the economy.
This was a transitional period between two kinds of society and two economies. Even with the depression living standards were improving, electricity was replacing steam power, petrol engines powered transportation, and metals were now being replaced by plastics and the introduction of man-made fibers to replace natural fabrics. The horror of gas warfare used in the trenches begot the expansion of the development of chemicals in various ways, creating jobs which further brought the country out of …show more content…
During the war, England was under the same actions, citizens allowed the government to take complete control, rationing goods, propaganda in the form of posters and news clips, sensory news, separating children and parents, arresting without warrants or due process, and drafting men into the military. How easily it could be for the British government to continue these “safeguards” even at the end of the war to protect the people from communism. Predictions are never a complete guess, George Orwell took what was happening then and expanded upon it to show the ease at which government can take control of your life without you even realizing. Today we are ready, willing and able for the government to track us through cell phones, satellites can look inside our homes from space, we carry driver licenses to prove who we are, and the Patriot Act allows the government to seize you under the guise of national
As for Russia, philosophies of the revolution give a greater hope for its people than what took place in Nazi Germany. Orwell’s final thought was to make things better you have to be able to criticize the government (George Orwell).
After the First World War, the general feeling among the young people was that you should enjoy life now. Young man has experienced the horrors of trench warfare and nurses caring for the horrific injuries and mental suffering of the soldiers during the First World War made young men and women old before their time. The 1930s began with subtle erosion among the class barriers. This was a transitional time for society and the economy.
This was a transitional period between two kinds of society and two economies. Even with the depression living standards were improving, electricity was replacing steam power, petrol engines powered transportation, and metals were now being replaced by plastics and the introduction of man-made fibers to replace natural fabrics. The horror of gas warfare used in the trenches begot the expansion of the development of chemicals in various ways, creating jobs which further brought the country out of …show more content…
During the war, England was under the same actions, citizens allowed the government to take complete control, rationing goods, propaganda in the form of posters and news clips, sensory news, separating children and parents, arresting without warrants or due process, and drafting men into the military. How easily it could be for the British government to continue these “safeguards” even at the end of the war to protect the people from communism. Predictions are never a complete guess, George Orwell took what was happening then and expanded upon it to show the ease at which government can take control of your life without you even realizing. Today we are ready, willing and able for the government to track us through cell phones, satellites can look inside our homes from space, we carry driver licenses to prove who we are, and the Patriot Act allows the government to seize you under the guise of national