"1984" By George Orwell portrays the life of a character named Winston who lives in a totalitarian society, as the story goes on he defies this government in many ways such as personal rebellion and falling in love, at the end he is caught and tortured until he gives up any sense of individuality that he had before. In the novel Nineteen-Eighty Four, George Orwell presents Big Brother as a symbol of oppression in a totalitarian government in order to convey the power that the party has over the citizens of Oceania, ultimately illustrating the dangers of a totalitarian regime and the effect it has on individual freedoms.
At the beginning of the story we are introduced to Big Brother, the head of the party and the main oppressor in Oceania, this highlights the control that the party has over the citizens of Oceania. The first time that Big Brother is mentioned in the book is when Winston sees the poster of Big Brother with …show more content…
As Orwell states on the last page of the book, "He had won the victory over himself." He loved Big Brother" (Orwell 298). This evidence establishes Winston's feeling towards Big Brother at the end of the novel and the party's victory because this indicates the end of Winston's personal rebellion as now he no longer hates or is opposed to the totalitarian government that he lives in. Consequently, since O'Brien stated before that this was the last step it is inferred that this is the party's main goal towards their prisoners and enemies, reinforcing the party's main goal of brainwashing and using Big Brother as a tool to achieve this. Therefore, it is obvious that big brother is a big symbol within and outside of the party due to the fact that making enemies of the party love him is so important for the
At the beginning of the story we are introduced to Big Brother, the head of the party and the main oppressor in Oceania, this highlights the control that the party has over the citizens of Oceania. The first time that Big Brother is mentioned in the book is when Winston sees the poster of Big Brother with …show more content…
As Orwell states on the last page of the book, "He had won the victory over himself." He loved Big Brother" (Orwell 298). This evidence establishes Winston's feeling towards Big Brother at the end of the novel and the party's victory because this indicates the end of Winston's personal rebellion as now he no longer hates or is opposed to the totalitarian government that he lives in. Consequently, since O'Brien stated before that this was the last step it is inferred that this is the party's main goal towards their prisoners and enemies, reinforcing the party's main goal of brainwashing and using Big Brother as a tool to achieve this. Therefore, it is obvious that big brother is a big symbol within and outside of the party due to the fact that making enemies of the party love him is so important for the