The future is conquered by mysterious unknowns. In a world that lives in the present, the future's outcome holds the scariest time for change that will shape society either for better or for worse. George Orwell's novel, 1984, portrays a dystopian society managed by a totalitarian government that forces their ideologies on their people in a (mainly) psychological demeanor. Essentially, it is a novel that hints at a pessimistic future that will unravel, given contemporary of society's reliance upon technology, acceptance of violence, and indifference to the alarming shifts in government and corporate control. Society nowadays relies extremely on the help of advanced technology that it does not matter to the government if it seems like they
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In Orwell's novel, O'Brien tortures Winston and says to him, "'Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing'" (Orwell 220). He firmly believes that unless people reach a desperate and insufferable moment in their life, they have yet to coexist with the totalitarian government and whole-heartedly accept the conditions they are made to live in. So during the time Winston is locked up and abused, O'Brien makes it certain to break him mentally and emotionally in order to prevent Winston from thinking of rebelling against the Party again in the future. Similarly, it reminds me about the stories my uncle used to tell me of how his class is run. The teachers are strict and whenever he misbehaves his hands are hit by a metre stick as a way to discipline him and other students who also acted improperly. From then on, he tries to always be on his best behaviour in class, detesting the idea of being hit once again, which is identical to how Winston learns to embrace Big Brother out of fear of coming back to Room 101 where he spent his days tortured to the brink
In Orwell's novel, O'Brien tortures Winston and says to him, "'Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing'" (Orwell 220). He firmly believes that unless people reach a desperate and insufferable moment in their life, they have yet to coexist with the totalitarian government and whole-heartedly accept the conditions they are made to live in. So during the time Winston is locked up and abused, O'Brien makes it certain to break him mentally and emotionally in order to prevent Winston from thinking of rebelling against the Party again in the future. Similarly, it reminds me about the stories my uncle used to tell me of how his class is run. The teachers are strict and whenever he misbehaves his hands are hit by a metre stick as a way to discipline him and other students who also acted improperly. From then on, he tries to always be on his best behaviour in class, detesting the idea of being hit once again, which is identical to how Winston learns to embrace Big Brother out of fear of coming back to Room 101 where he spent his days tortured to the brink