Imagine yourself in a world where the government is not accountable for its actions. Its sole goal is to gain power, while the citizens are deprived of their freedoms, live in fear and terror of being picked up by the authorities, executed without a fair trial, where you can’t trust what is being reported in the news because it may all be propaganda. In his book, 1984, George Orwell depicts a society under totalitarian regime through the eyes of Winston Smith. Here, betrayal is a reoccurring theme. The Party (Ingsoc) has ability to betray the people under its rule for its own ends. The party uses the concept of Big Brother to maintain power. There is absolute control over daily life, constant rationing, vaporizing of individuals who don't conform
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Through various acts of betrayal whether it be betrayal to maintain power, betrayal of own values, betrayal by family, the government makes sure that there exists nothing but love for big brother since nobody can be trusted and positive human emotions like love and loyalty are only directed towards big …show more content…
There are quite a lot of similarities between George Orwell and Winston Smith, as Orwell used to work for BBC but some of the news was restricted and he was aware that he was essentially contributing to the creation of news that was favorable for the government. Winston also works in the media to rectify the information in the past issues to match Big Brother’s predictions. While describing his work at the Ministry of Truth Winston says, “It was merely the substitution of one piece of nonsense for another.” (Orwell 40-41) His tone is quite sarcastic through the use of diction like “nonsense” and it seems like he doesn't like his job. Moreover, he is in constant search of the past by trying to gather information from the old senile man at the bar, wondering about life before big brother came into existence. He betrays the Big Brother by having sexual relations with Julia as he claims it was a political act and the more Party members she had slept with, the more attractive she was to him. Julia thus betrays the party by sleeping with Party members and has an effective cover, as she is one of the most involved members of the Junior Anti-Sex League so no one would suspect
Through various acts of betrayal whether it be betrayal to maintain power, betrayal of own values, betrayal by family, the government makes sure that there exists nothing but love for big brother since nobody can be trusted and positive human emotions like love and loyalty are only directed towards big …show more content…
There are quite a lot of similarities between George Orwell and Winston Smith, as Orwell used to work for BBC but some of the news was restricted and he was aware that he was essentially contributing to the creation of news that was favorable for the government. Winston also works in the media to rectify the information in the past issues to match Big Brother’s predictions. While describing his work at the Ministry of Truth Winston says, “It was merely the substitution of one piece of nonsense for another.” (Orwell 40-41) His tone is quite sarcastic through the use of diction like “nonsense” and it seems like he doesn't like his job. Moreover, he is in constant search of the past by trying to gather information from the old senile man at the bar, wondering about life before big brother came into existence. He betrays the Big Brother by having sexual relations with Julia as he claims it was a political act and the more Party members she had slept with, the more attractive she was to him. Julia thus betrays the party by sleeping with Party members and has an effective cover, as she is one of the most involved members of the Junior Anti-Sex League so no one would suspect