You And The Atomic Bomb George Orwell Analysis

“You and The Atomic Bomb” They say, I say George Orwell, an English novelist and essayist, wrote “You and The Atomic Bomb” on October 19, 1945. Roughly about 2 months before this essay, bombs were dropped over Hiroshima not only letting the world know who has power and who doesn’t, but also leading individuals to be oppressed. With the discovery of the atomic bomb, and the difficulty and cost of developing it, the world will simply continue on a path of destruction and will eventually separate into dominating powers. It has been common to dismiss the danger of weapons, especially if it doesn’t directly affect you. The American society doesn’t take into consideration the danger of developing new weapons because, as they say, it is not them who fear it, it is them who use it as a threat. Orwell wrote this essay to persuade the people that the development of the atomic bomb, and the fact that only few countries have it, affects everyone. Orwell wants to warn people with a single question, “How difficult are these things to manufacture?” The simple answer to this question is what Orwell hopes to accomplish to get across in this essay. See, Orwell’s main claim and argument is that whether or not the weapon is difficult to develop will ultimately decide whether or not the common man has a chance for power. He claims that advancing technology …show more content…
I grew up feeling safe and secure knowing danger was never near me. I always heard about wars but always went day to day not knowing I was really affected or thought about those who were in constant fear and near war. Sounds selfish, I know. But, while reading Orwell’s essay I understood what he meant about the government having control power over us. We are oppressed in a way that we don’t hesitate on letting the government take all of our rights away just in order to feel safe. Therefore we don’t have power and we even do have countries who have more power and control over