The definition of a dystopia is a society where the top layer may seem perfect, yet underneath shows corruption. In George Orwell’s 1984, the protagonist struggles to create find his individuality in a world of suppression. In 1984, the Party’s control of its citizens’ expression through mechanisms of power presents its desire for control and need to eliminate any threat to the regime.
Language is not only used as a way of communication but as a gateway to different cultures. It equips a person with the ability to express themselves while broadening his or her ideas through communicating beliefs. In Orwell’s dystopia, language is used to do the opposite. Newspeak inhibits citizens from articulating themselves through limiting vocabulary. The …show more content…
Citizen’s are so fearful of the numerous mechanism, that they conform. As a way to break free from his living nightmare, Winston escapes in his dreams and diary. However, even in these discrete ways of freedom Winston still feels a constant fear looming over him.The Party enacts these harsh laws and mechanisms because if the citizens became conscious of these emotions, they would overthrow the regime. Numerous times throughout the novel, Winston discusses the impact the working class could make if they simply became aware of their tyrannical society. The author writes, “It had never before occurred to him that the body of a woman of fifty…could be beautiful… The solid contourless body… bore the same relation to the body of a girl as the rose-hip to the rose. Why should the fruit be held inferior to the flower? (219)”. If the citizens became aware of their repression, they would rebel and the power would shift. Instead of having all the power controlled by a small group of people, the power would be controlled by the majority. The Party is so fearful of the past because it illustrates the threats of the present. The regime goes so far as rewriting the past to secure the stability of the future. The Party takes comfort in the notion of a fixed
Language is not only used as a way of communication but as a gateway to different cultures. It equips a person with the ability to express themselves while broadening his or her ideas through communicating beliefs. In Orwell’s dystopia, language is used to do the opposite. Newspeak inhibits citizens from articulating themselves through limiting vocabulary. The …show more content…
Citizen’s are so fearful of the numerous mechanism, that they conform. As a way to break free from his living nightmare, Winston escapes in his dreams and diary. However, even in these discrete ways of freedom Winston still feels a constant fear looming over him.The Party enacts these harsh laws and mechanisms because if the citizens became conscious of these emotions, they would overthrow the regime. Numerous times throughout the novel, Winston discusses the impact the working class could make if they simply became aware of their tyrannical society. The author writes, “It had never before occurred to him that the body of a woman of fifty…could be beautiful… The solid contourless body… bore the same relation to the body of a girl as the rose-hip to the rose. Why should the fruit be held inferior to the flower? (219)”. If the citizens became aware of their repression, they would rebel and the power would shift. Instead of having all the power controlled by a small group of people, the power would be controlled by the majority. The Party is so fearful of the past because it illustrates the threats of the present. The regime goes so far as rewriting the past to secure the stability of the future. The Party takes comfort in the notion of a fixed