What was once seen as a fictional insight into the future has now become a representation of the increasingly dystopian present. As America falls into the clutches of unsatisfactory politics and freedoms, authors like George Orwell rise in relevancy. Dystopian writers inform of the appalling conditions in a society where the government exerts oppressive ruling so readers can recognize such traits in their own societies. Through works like 1984 and Animal Farm, readers can internalize Orwell’s warnings to resist false information, censorship, and breaches of basic privacies that are now plaguing America.
By employing a candid and colloquial style, Orwell communicates the importance of critical thinking in the presence of false information. This message is reflected in his novel 1984, where he writes that “the Party would announce that two and two made five, and [one] would have to believe it” (Orwell 80) to represent the dystopian world’s conforming …show more content…
For example, “Big Brother's regime uses a ‘memory hole’ to destroy any facts or documents that become inconvenient” (Klaas) in 1984, while “writing on the barn wall [is] changed and erased as politically necessary” in Animal Farm (Russo). These methods involve oppressive governments blinding people from the truth, which is characteristic of a dystopian society. Furthermore, Orwell’s concepts are exemplified in modern politics, such as how President Trump “deleted [a] tweet about how it was an ‘honor to host [Palestinian] President Mahmoud Abbas’ at the White House” (Russo). Though modern technology allows facilitated removal of evidence, the president’s intent to suppress actions remains conspicuous to the watchful public. This contributes to Orwell’s beliefs of establishing integrity, as he believes that citizens should resist a dystopian government and its policies of secrecy and
By employing a candid and colloquial style, Orwell communicates the importance of critical thinking in the presence of false information. This message is reflected in his novel 1984, where he writes that “the Party would announce that two and two made five, and [one] would have to believe it” (Orwell 80) to represent the dystopian world’s conforming …show more content…
For example, “Big Brother's regime uses a ‘memory hole’ to destroy any facts or documents that become inconvenient” (Klaas) in 1984, while “writing on the barn wall [is] changed and erased as politically necessary” in Animal Farm (Russo). These methods involve oppressive governments blinding people from the truth, which is characteristic of a dystopian society. Furthermore, Orwell’s concepts are exemplified in modern politics, such as how President Trump “deleted [a] tweet about how it was an ‘honor to host [Palestinian] President Mahmoud Abbas’ at the White House” (Russo). Though modern technology allows facilitated removal of evidence, the president’s intent to suppress actions remains conspicuous to the watchful public. This contributes to Orwell’s beliefs of establishing integrity, as he believes that citizens should resist a dystopian government and its policies of secrecy and