Figurative Language
Paradox: "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength."
This phrase is mentioned frequently throughout the book and is one of the three slogans for INGSOC, the English Socialist Party. Their goal is to gain control over the minds of the people, and dictate what they think. One of the main brainwashing programmes used by the party was "doublethink". "doublethink" is the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradicting beliefs as correct. This helps the party as they can choose what they want their citizens to believe in. "War is peace" gives a false sense of security to the people so that they do not think too much about the war. It gives them the impression that their government is going to war to …show more content…
Characteristics of a totalitarian government can be seen throughout the book and emphasises the reason to why George Orwell wrote 1984 in the first place, to make people aware of the dangers of a totalitarian government and to make sure it would not be something prevalent in the future. I think he has succeeded. Mostly. Comparison between book and film
When a book is made into a movie, it means that the book was so well-loved by fans, and garnered enough attention to be made into a movie. So it is no surprise that 1984 also has a movie adaptation. However, when making a book into a movie, there is bound to be things that are changed, altered, or just left out altogether. The movie adaptation of 1984 is no different, and here are some of the differences.
Book explained the thought of individuality and expression better
As the book was written in a third person point-of-view, the book was a lot more detailed than the film. It also gave the authour more leverage to develop his characters, as he could tell the readers what each and everyone was thinking, feeling at any given moment. Thus, resulting in the audience better understanding a character’s emotions and motives. It also gave the authour many ways to appeal to the audience, evoking any emotion he wanted in them. Book explained details thoroughly and
Paradox: "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength."
This phrase is mentioned frequently throughout the book and is one of the three slogans for INGSOC, the English Socialist Party. Their goal is to gain control over the minds of the people, and dictate what they think. One of the main brainwashing programmes used by the party was "doublethink". "doublethink" is the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradicting beliefs as correct. This helps the party as they can choose what they want their citizens to believe in. "War is peace" gives a false sense of security to the people so that they do not think too much about the war. It gives them the impression that their government is going to war to …show more content…
Characteristics of a totalitarian government can be seen throughout the book and emphasises the reason to why George Orwell wrote 1984 in the first place, to make people aware of the dangers of a totalitarian government and to make sure it would not be something prevalent in the future. I think he has succeeded. Mostly. Comparison between book and film
When a book is made into a movie, it means that the book was so well-loved by fans, and garnered enough attention to be made into a movie. So it is no surprise that 1984 also has a movie adaptation. However, when making a book into a movie, there is bound to be things that are changed, altered, or just left out altogether. The movie adaptation of 1984 is no different, and here are some of the differences.
Book explained the thought of individuality and expression better
As the book was written in a third person point-of-view, the book was a lot more detailed than the film. It also gave the authour more leverage to develop his characters, as he could tell the readers what each and everyone was thinking, feeling at any given moment. Thus, resulting in the audience better understanding a character’s emotions and motives. It also gave the authour many ways to appeal to the audience, evoking any emotion he wanted in them. Book explained details thoroughly and