1984

The surveillance technology of 1984 is not very different from our world today, we also have surveillance cameras and microphones, what is different is in how they are implemented. Big Brother spied on citizens to watch all of them, not just be able to catch criminals. Another difference is that the surveillance technology of today may even have surpassed that of 1984. What is similar between the world of today and the world of 1984, is that the government watched the citizens, and it could…

Title The title of this novel “1984” doesn’t really seem to have any relation to the story. I recognized that the book was actually published in 1949, so I was so baffled as to why George Orwell chose this title. After doing additional research, I came to the conclusion that “1984” was just a catchy title that was chosen. Some scholars say that the title was to honor his late wife’s memory, others will argue that he wrote the novel in 1948 and just switched the order of the two numbers. I also…

Union. The outright oppression of humans, sheer government control over every aspect of life, perpetual hunger and the orderly annihilation of those with opposing beliefs reflected the overall detrimental way of life for people in society. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the uses of symbolism and irony are clearly able to exhibit the the dangers of totalitarianism reflected towards the period of the twentieth century. The repressive dystopian government of the Party is able to elaborate onto…

the novel 1984 written by George Orwell and it also happens quite commonly in our world today. After reading 1984 it really made me think about ho the government uses its power to control us, what we do and what we believe. As a result I have decided to focus my enquiry on the idea of are our democratic governments right and justified in their use of power to control our societies. In particular I have decided to focus my inquiry around three key question, How does control like that in 1984…

numerous different topics amongst dystopian novels, 1984 by George Orwell and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins both share the common theme of using authority to control their citizens. For example, in The Hunger Games, the Capital puts teenagers through a horrifying arena to fight to the death for their district, which is strikingly similar to the Romanian Colosseum from 80 CE. Similar to the idea of death and humiliation for control, in 1984, Orwell uses the idea of extreme surveillance and…

1984: The Government of a Dystopia In 1984 by George Orwell, Orwell relates his novel to many other governmental dystopias in the past, present, and future generations to come. A dystopia is an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, and is typically totalitarian or environmentally degraded. Orwell uses past governmental party leaders, such as Stalin and Hitler, to symbolize “Big Brother” in this novel. Big Brother is one of the main characters in the novel who controls…

Honors Sophomore English Summer Assignment: Webquest Responses 1984 Webquest: 1. How are Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union reflected in 1984? Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union are reflected in 1984 by Big Brother and the Party. Stalin was revered as otherworldly, as is Big Brother; their respective regimes were “immortal” and invulnerable. This belief was partly introduced because “Soviet history books were rewritten to give [Stalin] a more prominent role in the revolution” (History). Similarly,…

Fatphobia in 1984 The world of 1984 by George Orwell is one of scarcity: of freedoms, of privacy, of peace of mind, of basic goods, of any of life’s pleasures at all. All but the few of the Inner Party go without in one way or another – often in a great many ways, one of which is frequently enough or quality food. In such a world then, would it not make sense for the overweight to be few and far between? As we see in the real world, aside from places of extreme starvation, that is not the case.…

There Is No Such Thing as Privacy “It was even conceivable that they watched us all the time.” These are the words Winston Smith and all of Oceania had to live by. George Orwell’s 1984 warns us about totalitarian regimes. The government, Big Brother, abolishes the citizen’s freedom and their own personal privacy, and even into their personal thoughts. Consequently the nation is losing its patriotism and the government is representing that of an undemocratic leadership. The book portrays a…

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: • identify ways in which 1984 is “prophetic” in nature. • list/describe ways in which the Party maintains its power over the general population. • define, on an individual basis, what they deem to be the most important aspect of 1984, and • answer the question, “What makes this book important for modern readers?” (Why do we read it today? What benefit to we receive from doing so? How are we different after reading it?) Procedures: • Define…