Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Flawed Classic
The novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four is an interesting, but frustrating novel to read. It explores the ideas of totalitarian governments and the concept of human control, something I do find interesting to explore and read. Despite the compelling topics that it explores, there are many annoying aspects of Nineteen Eighty-Four. First, there are many interesting plot lines or ideas that never get explored or resolved. Second, there is little character development, leading to the few characters that are in the story feeling shallow. Finally, the ending of the story feels underwhelming in many areas outside its main theme. It could have been much more interesting and dynamic and have wrapped up some interesting …show more content…
The novel and its ending fail to answer any of the following questions: What are the effects after the party is gone? How do the citizens react to their worldview being shattered? How the other do counters the story mentions, react to this happening? It is a still feels like a missed opportunity to not make use of these concepts the story likes to bring up. The one thing the ending does wrap up is the theme of the story’s the government retakes control of the civilians and enslaves them through torture... The ending brings up the idea of controlling someone by controlling bod Winston’s torture causes him to believe things he has been detesting since the beginning of the story, even sacrificing Julia for his for his own safety. This brings the theme to a nice ending. However, with the dissolvement of Winston's character he has had through the story up until this point, and abandonment of Julia leave an extremely flat feeling with the final page. It also doesn't help that O’Brian, someone who's been acknowledged through the story but never really detailed, removes information about himself from the tiny scraps it gives. If anything, at the end of the story, it feels as if we know less about him than we did at the
The novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four is an interesting, but frustrating novel to read. It explores the ideas of totalitarian governments and the concept of human control, something I do find interesting to explore and read. Despite the compelling topics that it explores, there are many annoying aspects of Nineteen Eighty-Four. First, there are many interesting plot lines or ideas that never get explored or resolved. Second, there is little character development, leading to the few characters that are in the story feeling shallow. Finally, the ending of the story feels underwhelming in many areas outside its main theme. It could have been much more interesting and dynamic and have wrapped up some interesting …show more content…
The novel and its ending fail to answer any of the following questions: What are the effects after the party is gone? How do the citizens react to their worldview being shattered? How the other do counters the story mentions, react to this happening? It is a still feels like a missed opportunity to not make use of these concepts the story likes to bring up. The one thing the ending does wrap up is the theme of the story’s the government retakes control of the civilians and enslaves them through torture... The ending brings up the idea of controlling someone by controlling bod Winston’s torture causes him to believe things he has been detesting since the beginning of the story, even sacrificing Julia for his for his own safety. This brings the theme to a nice ending. However, with the dissolvement of Winston's character he has had through the story up until this point, and abandonment of Julia leave an extremely flat feeling with the final page. It also doesn't help that O’Brian, someone who's been acknowledged through the story but never really detailed, removes information about himself from the tiny scraps it gives. If anything, at the end of the story, it feels as if we know less about him than we did at the