1984

Sex, specifically, is a repeating topic that describes the Party’s involvement within people’s personal lives. Winston, the protagonist of 1984, judges, “The women of the Party were all alike. Chastity was deeply ingrained in them as Party loyalty. By careful conditioning… the natural feeling had been driven out of them” (67-68). All individuals are forbidden to have sex for pleasure, but…

Progga Choudhuri FIQWS Professor Minnich Dystopian fiction emphasizes hegemony in a controlled environment. In 1984 by George Orwell and in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the ruling class dominates the masses through various mediums of control. Both books explores dystopia through authoritative control that is maintained by the socialization from a young age usings tools such as propaganda, education and history. The state plays a crucial role in the normalization of societal control.…

George Orwell once defined heroism as an ordinary person doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency, even with the knowledge that they can’t possibly succeed. In 1984, by George Orwell, Winston Smith is the protagonist of the story. He is an ordinary everyday man who represents and stands for all the oppressed citizens in Oceania and according to Orwell’s definition of heroism, the hero of the novel. Throughout the novel, Winston has a desire for the…

There is a fine line between perfection and totalitarianism, which people tend to dismiss when they are blinded by the high amount of power they have. In the novel 1984, the people of Oceania believe they live in an ideally perfect community through the government’s use of propaganda which is used to control their actions and thoughts. This type of ruler ship describes a utopia, which is an ideal state that is perceived to be perfect (Sreenivasan 1). However, the dehumanized world the citizens…

At the end of 1984, Winston is subjected to weeks of “reeducation”, and he himself concludes that nothing is more potent than physical pain (Orwell, 276). By controlling the minds of their subjects, the Party is able to control reality itself. Crimespeak, Crimethink…

In the novel 1984, George Orwell uses ironic propaganda to reveal how the deceptive use of doublespeak can ultimately lead to a dystopian future. George Orwell uses the repetition of party slogans to emphasise the party’s ironic ideals. The Oceania society is based…

First and for most, technology within “1984” was used as a great means of propaganda. In the book, the means of propaganda was not some child throwing newspapers on their front porch, solely because they didn’t have paper. They used an item called a telescreen. This telescreen was in every building and home, for those of the Outer Party, the Proles were not bothered with having one. The Outer Party citizens were the basically the middle class, whereas the Proles were the lowest of the low.…

Aberrant Data Allow it to be said, as a point of peremptory optimism, that the author of this essay invests every confidence in the strength of the human intelligence. Men fail, as surely and naturally as any carbonic life, but one mind always survives another. And the mind endures, ungovernable, difficulty notwithstanding. The question of utopia is not so easily answered as “perfection” or dystopia as “imperfection”. “Perfect” is not a reasonable or corporate state ; it is an apparition,…

They always say that 'love conquers all' or "love wins", but can a society live purely based on hate survive? In a novel, titled 1984 by George Orwell, he focuses on the dystopia that is Oceania. Oceania is a dystopia, that does not allow self-expression or self-thought. It prohibits love, unless it is the love of Big Brother. There is no art, music, laughter, and/or science. In Oceania, since there is no self-expression, the made a language that is called Newspeak to prevent the spread of…

Noah Jick Ms. Brown 10/20/14 The Dangers of Totalitarian Regimes In the omnisciently ruled world of 1984’s Oceania, people are constantly living in fear of doing or saying something wrong, mere thoughts can be incriminating. Even worse, any bad thoughts may have you made into an “unperson”. All is seen by telescreens watching every facial expression and taking note of any and all movement. Even in your home there is no escape. You are incapable of getting away from Telescreen and "Big…