1984 Essay

The novel begins in April of 1984 in Oceania, one of the three totalitarian superpowers in post World War II Europe. The story follows Winston Smith, a disillusioned Outer Party member employed as a records editor at the Ministry of Truth. One day after work, Winston begins writing his heretic thoughts about the Party in a journal. If discovered, this journal will result in Winston’s execution for having unorthodox thoughts about the Party. At work, Winston becomes curious about a brunette girl…

There are always eyes watching and the voice makes one feel as in they are suffocating. Whether asleep or awake, indoors or outdoors, in the bath or bed, there is no escape. Nothing was ones’ own except a few centimeters of their mind. 1984 by George Orwell, which was written in 1949, is an exciting story set in the future where everything and everyone is controlled by a higher power. The higher power goes by the name of Big Brother, and, no matter where people go, they are always being…

Winston Smith silently struggles to free himself from the ever present power of authoritative Big Brother in George Orwell’s 1984. Winston longs to participate in the impending revolution with the mysterious group he idolizes, the Brotherhood. Believing the Party should be overthrown, Winston frequently commits thoughtcrime through various means, such as owning a journal or committing adultery with Julia, though he is far more dedicated to the cause than her. His hatred of the Party draws him to…

In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the society of Oceania is divided by social status into three separate groups, the Inner Party which has utmost governmental power, the Outer Party, the working class of Oceania, and the Proles, a lower class considered significantly inferior to the others. The Inner Party being the most powerful sect of society has complete and total control over the citizens of Oceania, exercising their power to limitless extents. In the process of seeking to exert total…

1984 is written by George Orwell who used Winston, the protagonist, to show the horrible possibilities of totalitarianism. Winston’s tendency to resist the oppressiveness of the Party on his individuality, and his intellectual aptitude to reason about his struggle, helps the reader visualizes the oppression that the Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police placed on civilization. With Winston’s personality Orwell was free to do what he wanted with the story being able to develop Winston hate…

In a dystopian society the people of the society are usually controlled by a totalitarian government. The truth is usually hidden from the citizens and covered up by propaganda. In the book 1984 Big Brother is the leader of the country Oceania and has control of everything that happens, he can even see what the citizens are doing at the exact time where it is happening. The Party the Government of the country controls the people to believe this is correct and only this is correct. The Party…

Love, trust, loyalty, and self-sacrifice are some of the most basic characteristics that make someone human. When a government becomes overly controlling, they end up destroying everything that makes someone human. This can be seen in George Orwell’s 1984 in which the protagonist, Winston Smith, internally rebels against the Party, the scrutinizing government in control of Oceania. The dictatorial Party has destroyed all meaning of love, loyalty, and self-sacrifice in present day Oceania. It can…

easier to be firm in opinions when there is someone else who feels the same way. Winston always knew in his mind that the Party was publishing false information, but when he meets new characters his theories are confirmed. In Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, Winston’s view on information control changes and strengthens when he encounters Rutherford and O’Brien, and realises all messages have been altered by the Party. First and foremost, throughout the book Winston Smith is always more aware of…

Choose One: Power Happines Freedom For all of history there has existed the struggle between the strong and the weak. The establishment of government gives the power to a particular group to decide the amount of freedom the majority is allowed, however, though not ideal it provides necessary order. The benefits of security that limitations on freedom provides must be balanced with the individual's pursuit of happiness for citizens to be content. To prevent the governed majority from…

In the book 1984 written by George Orwell (1948), the author presents Oceania, a fictional alternative of the British society in the year 1984. There are many parallels to be drawn between the society Orwell portrays in his book and USA today. Furthermore, by observing surveillance of the population, wars that never seem to end, and a perverted use of science, it becomes apparent that the fictional world is not so disparate from reality as one might think. In the society of 1984, surveillance…