In a world where privacy is only a dream and a dream is seemingly not even private anymore; freedom is only a blur and it is only to be achieved by those who are truly free, no one. Freedom, the idea of being free, incalculable, but also non existent. Freedom does not exist, although incalculable, there is an amount to which something can be free, it is defined as what we can do, it is portrayed in our actions, but no one can do anything, there are always laws; no one is ever truly free.
Nobody in 1984 is free, they are always being watched. There are no laws so everyone is free to do what they want, what they can do, but there are law enforcers who shape what people do, at which point, they can do nothing, because no one can do anything. This …show more content…
The book paints the picture a history of people attempting to rebel against Big Brother and the laws that make people free, but also restrict them from being free; no one is truly free. This is explained here, “First you saw him wallowing like a porpoise, then you saw him through the helicopters gunsights, then he was full of holes and the sea round him turned pink and he sank as suddenly through the holes had let in the water” (Orwell 11). The novel 1984 also shows us several examples on what loyalty is to Big Brother and what morals are in their society. For Example, “At this moment the entire group of people broke into a deep, slow, rhythmical chant of ‘B-B!”. “It was a refrain that was often heard in moments of overwhelming emotion. Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of self-hypnosis” (Orwell 21). This quote represents the cult like rituals made by the everyday people in the novel 1984.
In a free world, where nothing is private, and no one is truly free. Freedom being able to do anything, which they think they can do, yet they aren’t allowed to do anything, so they are not free; it is the art of having something you don’t have. 1984 shows us what happens when people defy the law, and rebel against Big Brother, showing us how every time, their attempt has failed. In a world where privacy is a dream and dreams are no longer private, everyone is free, but no one is truly free in
Nobody in 1984 is free, they are always being watched. There are no laws so everyone is free to do what they want, what they can do, but there are law enforcers who shape what people do, at which point, they can do nothing, because no one can do anything. This …show more content…
The book paints the picture a history of people attempting to rebel against Big Brother and the laws that make people free, but also restrict them from being free; no one is truly free. This is explained here, “First you saw him wallowing like a porpoise, then you saw him through the helicopters gunsights, then he was full of holes and the sea round him turned pink and he sank as suddenly through the holes had let in the water” (Orwell 11). The novel 1984 also shows us several examples on what loyalty is to Big Brother and what morals are in their society. For Example, “At this moment the entire group of people broke into a deep, slow, rhythmical chant of ‘B-B!”. “It was a refrain that was often heard in moments of overwhelming emotion. Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of self-hypnosis” (Orwell 21). This quote represents the cult like rituals made by the everyday people in the novel 1984.
In a free world, where nothing is private, and no one is truly free. Freedom being able to do anything, which they think they can do, yet they aren’t allowed to do anything, so they are not free; it is the art of having something you don’t have. 1984 shows us what happens when people defy the law, and rebel against Big Brother, showing us how every time, their attempt has failed. In a world where privacy is a dream and dreams are no longer private, everyone is free, but no one is truly free in