Dystopian Novel

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How Things Could’ve Been Different In the Dystopian Novel, “1984” by George Orwell, there are multiple assets that changes the lives of many people, in their personality and the ways of how they live. Their way of life is being destroyed due to the iron fist of a godly figure named, “Big Brother”. The methods that are being used, were odd, but at the same time, undignified. In this dystopian “society [,] itself is typically the antagonist; it is society actively working against the protagonist’s aims and desires.” (“Dystopian Fiction: An Introduction” 1). There were many methods that are being messed with, three out of the many important themes would be the public’s, Language , Love, and Technology. Destroying what little of the population's …show more content…
In which such actions used for their own purposes were not allowed. The society that is made of one Ruler, and his subjects, the Party sees into any actions concerning with a male and female, to be only to be seen as, “Making a baby, and the other was [their] duty to the Party” (Orwell 67). In simpler words, “Big Brother” is creating a society in which married couples actually have no relationship towards each other, except for the fact that they need to support the Party with creating children. It makes it even less humane when their children, were trained specifically to be loyal and to love the Party. The Party’s intricate mind hypnosis starts at an early stage, in which the children are innocent and gullible enough, so when they mature, there would be low chances of disobedience, and more chances betray family members. When interviewed Mr.Parsons inside a type of the jail cell, the reason of captured would be “ [his] little daughter … she listened at the keyhole, heard what I was saying” ( Orwell 233). The reason why this concept matters is, because Winston rebels with Julia Roberts, a woman who has fallen towards him. This counts as rebellion, because no one should be allowed to love each other, except when they should pledge a sign of loyalty to the Party. An example of a marriage gone wrong in the novel would be the first intimacy between Winston and his wife …show more content…
Inside a fake building, that is being used to catch Rebels, there is a hidden telescreen that “ was behind [a] picture … We can [now] see you… You might as well say goodbye” (Orwell 222). It is not needed to explain, but it is obvious to see that the Party’s only sense of ruling over the public is their loyal subjects being watched 24/7 clockwork. Already this proved to be wrong due to the fact that people are being stripped of their own privacy, by a type of camera observing intently at their every movement. It feels like that there, “Privacy is gradually being violated and eroded without [them] noticing “ (Young people give up privacy… 4 ). This makes the protagonist find any chance to rebel at all, Winston gains or remains his sense of rebellion from by thinking or writing Anti-Party thoughts in secret. Though, if for a some mystical reason in which telescreens were not invented, or the sole purpose of observing people, Big Brother would be completely useless, due to the fact, that he has no other methods to control his subjects. If there are no other means of technology or just simply stalking people with cameras, it would mean that society or the individuals would secretly plan to go against the Party, since the community would not be constantly

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