Flashback of the Great Depression
The events during the Great Depression were very unbelieveable. Some of these events are related to the novel 1984. The characters reflect some of the major events in this tragic event in history and come to show its resemblance to the aspects of life in both.
The Great Depression in America from around 1929 to 1939 was the longest lasting and extensive economic turning point in the history of the industrialized world (“The Great
Depression”). The Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next years it caused major declines in the industry and the increasing of unemployment as many failing companies had to let go of several workers
(“The Great Depression”). By …show more content…
state had ordered the remaining banks to close.
As later President, Roosevelt was known for his saying “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” (“The Great Depression”).
The Great Depression in America was a hard road to recovery and is in great relation to
1984. One of Orwell’s influences for this book came from the Great Depression. Many troubles during this time period are reflected in his writing. One way this all relates to 1984 is the way there was a little ration of food given and low income. When Winston gets caught for his crime done and is brought to the cell where there is no darkness which he doesn’t know if he’s been there for days, weeks, or months, is given nothing to eat. All he see’s is starvation and beating. It soon causes him to have the thought that he wishes that someone from the brotherhood could send him a razor blade probably because he wanted to kill himself. His body later becomes corpselike and very gaunt looking when O’Brien forces himself to take off his clothes and look at who he has become in the mirror. This is a much like devastating and upsetting situation in which similarly people in the Great Depression had to
The events during the Great Depression were very unbelieveable. Some of these events are related to the novel 1984. The characters reflect some of the major events in this tragic event in history and come to show its resemblance to the aspects of life in both.
The Great Depression in America from around 1929 to 1939 was the longest lasting and extensive economic turning point in the history of the industrialized world (“The Great
Depression”). The Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next years it caused major declines in the industry and the increasing of unemployment as many failing companies had to let go of several workers
(“The Great Depression”). By …show more content…
state had ordered the remaining banks to close.
As later President, Roosevelt was known for his saying “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” (“The Great Depression”).
The Great Depression in America was a hard road to recovery and is in great relation to
1984. One of Orwell’s influences for this book came from the Great Depression. Many troubles during this time period are reflected in his writing. One way this all relates to 1984 is the way there was a little ration of food given and low income. When Winston gets caught for his crime done and is brought to the cell where there is no darkness which he doesn’t know if he’s been there for days, weeks, or months, is given nothing to eat. All he see’s is starvation and beating. It soon causes him to have the thought that he wishes that someone from the brotherhood could send him a razor blade probably because he wanted to kill himself. His body later becomes corpselike and very gaunt looking when O’Brien forces himself to take off his clothes and look at who he has become in the mirror. This is a much like devastating and upsetting situation in which similarly people in the Great Depression had to