There has always been a fine line for me between the story and the reality. This is one of the many reasons why I find 1984 so special. After having read the novel and later on watched the movie, I took a moment to reflect on the different situations our world has been through, or going through. The movie 1984 presents a world that is unimaginable to our youth ears and eyes, a place where power is everything, and the less you know about the past, the better the future will be.
However, there are many lessons to be taken from 1984 – firstly, how easy it is to spread propaganda and how easy it is to inflict fear into people’s hearts. In the past we have seen the Nazi Germany, the Soviet and centralism catch hold and turn the world into a totalitarian …show more content…
As human nature, we urge and need love and connection with others, in order to make ourselves feel valuable. However this emotion can get defeated by a higher power, i.e. an organization. Towards the end of the movie, Winston Smith loses this emotion. The outcome of it is tragic, and humanity is an emotion that should not be taken for granted, because we need it.
I identify myself as pessimist. I think nowadays when you read the newspapers, it is hard to trust politicians, as what they fight for are no longer for ideas, but for power. For example, if a politician knows he or she can get 30000 more votes if supporting a particular law, he or she will do it. Even if that goes against their beliefs. It creates disappointment and abstention. Human beings seem too well-made and too intelligent to have fallen as low as we have. Ultimately, I think that is a huge mistake. Power changes people.
To summaries, Governments and larger corporations play with people’s minds, for example through advertisements. We are, to some degree, being brainwashed by the media. A large part of it is based on how they can collect our private information in order to expose us, and therefore they control us. It is one of the most frightening aspects of our society, which makes us the Winston Smith of our time, and the government – Big
However, there are many lessons to be taken from 1984 – firstly, how easy it is to spread propaganda and how easy it is to inflict fear into people’s hearts. In the past we have seen the Nazi Germany, the Soviet and centralism catch hold and turn the world into a totalitarian …show more content…
As human nature, we urge and need love and connection with others, in order to make ourselves feel valuable. However this emotion can get defeated by a higher power, i.e. an organization. Towards the end of the movie, Winston Smith loses this emotion. The outcome of it is tragic, and humanity is an emotion that should not be taken for granted, because we need it.
I identify myself as pessimist. I think nowadays when you read the newspapers, it is hard to trust politicians, as what they fight for are no longer for ideas, but for power. For example, if a politician knows he or she can get 30000 more votes if supporting a particular law, he or she will do it. Even if that goes against their beliefs. It creates disappointment and abstention. Human beings seem too well-made and too intelligent to have fallen as low as we have. Ultimately, I think that is a huge mistake. Power changes people.
To summaries, Governments and larger corporations play with people’s minds, for example through advertisements. We are, to some degree, being brainwashed by the media. A large part of it is based on how they can collect our private information in order to expose us, and therefore they control us. It is one of the most frightening aspects of our society, which makes us the Winston Smith of our time, and the government – Big