Imagine a dark future where everyone lives in fear and nobody can be trusted. This is the future portrayed by the novels “1984” by George Orwell and Cormac McCarthy’s story: “The Road”. 1984 is a dark story about an outer party member, Winston, in a corrupt society run by a small group of people who call themselves “The Party”. The Road is about an unnamed man and his son living in a ruined world. They need to survive their journey to the south and avoid cannibals and murderers. Both of these books are about tragic, dystopian societies where no one survives. These novels are both about a dark future, friendship, and a world in fear. A common theme in these two books is the idea of a dark future. In the world of “1984”, the Party is
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Winston meets Julia when she gave him a note that said she loves him. For the next couple of chapters, Winston and Julia live together and hide from the Party together. However, they later discover that the party was spying on them from inside the house, and they are caught by the thought police and sent to the Ministry of Love. In “The Road”, the boy and his father travel together and never betray each other. The father provides for the boy and helps him stay alive. They stay together and avoid bands of savages on the road. At one point in the novel, a “bad guy” attacks them and the father has to shoot him to protect the boy from getting stabbed. Surviving in a dystopian world requires friendship, and the main characters in these books rely on …show more content…
Everyone in these stories lives in fear or causes fear. In “1984”, Winston hides in the corner when he writes in order to avoid Big Brother’s watchful eyes. He doesn’t want to get caught and sent to the Ministry of Love because the Ministry of Love means certain death and torture. Inside the Ministry of Love, fear is even stronger because of Room 101. Inside Room 101, an Inner Party member tortures a prisoner with their greatest fear. It is unknown whether or not the Party actually goes through with the torture because when someone is in Room 101, they will always say what the Party wants them to say. Winston’s greatest fear is rats, so he was tortured with rats. In order to avoid the torture, he had to say: “Do it to Julia!” He was forced to betray Julia in order to avoid the hungry rats. “The Road” is also full of fear. When the boy sees the dead baby roasting on the fire, he is filled with fear of being next. His father has to comfort him even though he is scared too. They understand that everyone they know is already dead, and they know that if they aren’t careful, they could be next. Whether it is caused by Big Brother or savages, fear is an important factor in all dystopian
Winston meets Julia when she gave him a note that said she loves him. For the next couple of chapters, Winston and Julia live together and hide from the Party together. However, they later discover that the party was spying on them from inside the house, and they are caught by the thought police and sent to the Ministry of Love. In “The Road”, the boy and his father travel together and never betray each other. The father provides for the boy and helps him stay alive. They stay together and avoid bands of savages on the road. At one point in the novel, a “bad guy” attacks them and the father has to shoot him to protect the boy from getting stabbed. Surviving in a dystopian world requires friendship, and the main characters in these books rely on …show more content…
Everyone in these stories lives in fear or causes fear. In “1984”, Winston hides in the corner when he writes in order to avoid Big Brother’s watchful eyes. He doesn’t want to get caught and sent to the Ministry of Love because the Ministry of Love means certain death and torture. Inside the Ministry of Love, fear is even stronger because of Room 101. Inside Room 101, an Inner Party member tortures a prisoner with their greatest fear. It is unknown whether or not the Party actually goes through with the torture because when someone is in Room 101, they will always say what the Party wants them to say. Winston’s greatest fear is rats, so he was tortured with rats. In order to avoid the torture, he had to say: “Do it to Julia!” He was forced to betray Julia in order to avoid the hungry rats. “The Road” is also full of fear. When the boy sees the dead baby roasting on the fire, he is filled with fear of being next. His father has to comfort him even though he is scared too. They understand that everyone they know is already dead, and they know that if they aren’t careful, they could be next. Whether it is caused by Big Brother or savages, fear is an important factor in all dystopian