George Orwell has created a dystopian story set in London, Oceania 1984, called Nineteen Eighty Four. Inside 1984, it depicts a society, with an oppressive control dominating society, refining and manipulating the past and putting them under constant surveillance. They are driven to fully submit under the authority of Big Brother. The party put the population under constant surveillance and brainwash them by sending messages and propaganda blaring through Telescreens. These telescreens cause people to live in such fear, and causes their knowledge to become so foggy that they believe whatever they are told.
Firstly, at the start of the book, Winston makes the rebellious decision to write in a diary, an action which would result in severe punishment …show more content…
The surveillance surrounding the citizens results in huge effects on the citizens, including a lack of conversational skills and also results in the citizens scared to be honest and true. The Party has convinced the community that the Telescreens are normal, as The Party have the ability to change any piece of history or knowledge and have then population believe it. With technology you can acquire knowledge and use it for good reasons, but in 1984 you can argue that the surveillance it to extreme. Orwell depicts this extremity of surveillance through the fact that even Winston knew that “even a back could be revealing” and also the point “you could not control the beating of your heart, and the telescreen was quite delicate enough to pick up”. Winston has a dream, where he is in the Golden Country, a place he is unsure whether he has seen in reality before or not. Inside this dream he see’s a girl who rips off her clothes and Winston is overwhelmed by the way she just easily destroyed the culture and system of The Party and Big Brother with a simple action as he feels “the gesture belonged to an ancient time”. Because of the privacy restrictions on the people, a simple action can feel so rebellious, and because of this they have to live controlling themselves, down to their own
Firstly, at the start of the book, Winston makes the rebellious decision to write in a diary, an action which would result in severe punishment …show more content…
The surveillance surrounding the citizens results in huge effects on the citizens, including a lack of conversational skills and also results in the citizens scared to be honest and true. The Party has convinced the community that the Telescreens are normal, as The Party have the ability to change any piece of history or knowledge and have then population believe it. With technology you can acquire knowledge and use it for good reasons, but in 1984 you can argue that the surveillance it to extreme. Orwell depicts this extremity of surveillance through the fact that even Winston knew that “even a back could be revealing” and also the point “you could not control the beating of your heart, and the telescreen was quite delicate enough to pick up”. Winston has a dream, where he is in the Golden Country, a place he is unsure whether he has seen in reality before or not. Inside this dream he see’s a girl who rips off her clothes and Winston is overwhelmed by the way she just easily destroyed the culture and system of The Party and Big Brother with a simple action as he feels “the gesture belonged to an ancient time”. Because of the privacy restrictions on the people, a simple action can feel so rebellious, and because of this they have to live controlling themselves, down to their own