Morality In 1984

89 years ago, Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name, George Orwell, started his career in the writing of essays and novels. In 1949 he published his first dystopian novel, 1984. This story, like that of Children of Men directed by Cuaron, is set in an isolated London where the government has manipulated its people into submission. Evidently, these societies are not ones to strive towards, but what are these works trying to tell us? In these worlds, where morality is scarce and integrity is hard to find, knowledge becomes the last tie to freedom.

In the novel, 1984, a man named Winston finds himself living in a world where the government “vaporizes” its people, executes them, in the name of conformity. One’s only semblance of freedom …show more content…
Theo, the protagonist of this film, finds himself before a pregnant woman in a world plagued by infertility. As he works to deliver Kee and her child to a safer environment, he realizes how skewed the perception of the world is for the people around him. The people that had promised Kee safety had intended to use her child for political gain. The country within which she would have her child would not acknowledge her, would not help her, simply because she was a refugee with dark skin. Theo’s unique grip on reality helped her escape from these threats and get to The Human Project, a place where she could live out her days as a freely. From the very beginning, Theo had a keen sense of right and wrong, dropping his own needs to help Kee escape from Luke’s clutches, a man who had killed the head of their rebellion in search of power and control. The concept of a moral compass seemed lost on most others, from conspiring group members to ignorant, bigoted townspeople, jeering at the refugees being bused out into the war zone from which they had just escaped. Although in the end Theo does not make it to the Human Project, his knowledge and ability to think freely saved Kee and her baby; a sacrifice for a cause he knew was