The early to mid 20th century was the age of political change. Communist Russia and Nazi Germany were progressing, and some people of this era were against their revolutionary ideals. Authors such as George Orwell saw the fatal flaws in these systems and wrote to expose them. Orwell sought to warn the world of what it may become by describing a plausible future dystopia in which there was little to no freedom. In 1984, George Orwell uses Winston Smith to portray how there will always be rebels who believe in a better government and a better society. Winston Smith exemplifies rebellion through his defiling of the government’s rules regarding love, intellect, and physicality.
In 1984, Winston Smith discovers human instinct thanks to the proles. …show more content…
Julia rebelled against the Party’s rules of suppressing sexual desire and freedom. She found Winston and had a passionate affair with him, releasing her desire for sexual contact. Winston even calls her “only a rebel from the waist down” since she is only opposing the Party for physical reasons. In Anthem, Liberty 5-3000 is the same way. She has feelings for Equality 7-2521, and she cannot see him as a brother. She runs away from her community and follows Equality 7-2521 simply because she wants to be with him without risk of punishment from the Council. Liberty 5-3000 rebels in hopes of freedom of physical expression, just as how Orwell intended for Julia. Kurt Vonnegut made Harrison’s physical rebellion slightly different, yet it still demonstrates Orwell’s theme. In his world, everyone wears handicaps to make everyone equal in all aspects. He blatantly and publicly removes all the handicaps that limit his strength, beauty, height, and intelligence. His empress also removed her mask and weights which revealed her beauty and grace. They did it to prove a political point, the point that the government should not control and limit the people’s bodies. These characters presented their longing and desperation for a place where government allowed physical freedom, which is the message George Orwell and the other authors
In 1984, Winston Smith discovers human instinct thanks to the proles. …show more content…
Julia rebelled against the Party’s rules of suppressing sexual desire and freedom. She found Winston and had a passionate affair with him, releasing her desire for sexual contact. Winston even calls her “only a rebel from the waist down” since she is only opposing the Party for physical reasons. In Anthem, Liberty 5-3000 is the same way. She has feelings for Equality 7-2521, and she cannot see him as a brother. She runs away from her community and follows Equality 7-2521 simply because she wants to be with him without risk of punishment from the Council. Liberty 5-3000 rebels in hopes of freedom of physical expression, just as how Orwell intended for Julia. Kurt Vonnegut made Harrison’s physical rebellion slightly different, yet it still demonstrates Orwell’s theme. In his world, everyone wears handicaps to make everyone equal in all aspects. He blatantly and publicly removes all the handicaps that limit his strength, beauty, height, and intelligence. His empress also removed her mask and weights which revealed her beauty and grace. They did it to prove a political point, the point that the government should not control and limit the people’s bodies. These characters presented their longing and desperation for a place where government allowed physical freedom, which is the message George Orwell and the other authors