'1984' forms the title for a 1949 novel by George Orwell. The novel, set in the province of Oceania depicts dystopia in theme and is packed witch culturally significant predictive lessons to the current and future generation. Dystopias pose the worst-case scenarios to everyday life, therefore, criticizing current trends, societal norms, and political systems. '1984' is set in a futuristic environment. '1984' depicts a world with endless war, vigilant surveillance, and opportunistic political ideologies. George Orwell develops criticism in '1984' as he dissects various political systems and practices that could hold significance in fiction. This essay, therefore, seeks to analyze the implications '1984' holds for future society by comparing
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Synthetic meals and black bread are offered to the lowest societal class in '1984' just as crumbs and leftovers are offered to the needy in the current society. Class stratification has raised lower, middle, and upper classes who enjoy varying benefits in the society. Like class stratification in the current society, the upper class dominates the lower classes and subjects them to constant surveillance. Similar to current political systems, the upper class enjoys most of the government's benefits like that of '1984' enjoys The Party's favors. George states, "In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim eventually: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy" (8). Similarly, current governments (the upper class) control the economic and social fate of the middle and lower classes. Class-stratification in '1984' leads George to write. "They can be granted intellectual liberty because they have no intellect" (173). This quote is in reference to the lower class that is despised by the upper class. Even though the upper class might presume to see themselves as the social intellects, it is true that the financial status does not represent the absolute outlook of the social
Synthetic meals and black bread are offered to the lowest societal class in '1984' just as crumbs and leftovers are offered to the needy in the current society. Class stratification has raised lower, middle, and upper classes who enjoy varying benefits in the society. Like class stratification in the current society, the upper class dominates the lower classes and subjects them to constant surveillance. Similar to current political systems, the upper class enjoys most of the government's benefits like that of '1984' enjoys The Party's favors. George states, "In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim eventually: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy" (8). Similarly, current governments (the upper class) control the economic and social fate of the middle and lower classes. Class-stratification in '1984' leads George to write. "They can be granted intellectual liberty because they have no intellect" (173). This quote is in reference to the lower class that is despised by the upper class. Even though the upper class might presume to see themselves as the social intellects, it is true that the financial status does not represent the absolute outlook of the social