1984

be attractive to an artist’s perspective. George Orwell, who wrote the dystopian novel of 1984, asserts the literary device of defamiliarization to embed concrete information in each of his works. Does “creamy paper” (9) mean anything at all? Well, yes because readers often ponder how papers would usually be described as smooth, but ”creamy” is out of the ordinary. As a matter of fact, Orwell started out 1984 with “It was a bright cold day in April…” (5), which defamiliarize the combination of…

“Big Brother is watching you,” read the posters displayed throughout Oceania, the setting of George Orwell’s novel 1984. In Orwell’s eerie prediction of the future, citizens are monitored at all times by the government and can be arrested for suspicions of having thoughts that go against the government. Although Thought Police are not patrolling the streets and Big Brother has not yet risen to power, government policies such as the Patriot Act and advancements in technology that allow for the…

the government. The propaganda and power shown in this book are shown in our society today but not to the point where we don’t have our own voices and rights. The things that take place in this book could definitely happen in the future. The book 1984 takes place in Oceania. The conditions of living are poor…

of real life problems such as dehumanisation as a result of technological advancement and governmental control. Although composed 20 years apart, both Fritz Lang’s futuristic dystopian silent film Metropolis and George Orwell’s prose fiction novel 1984 present simular prophetic warnings about the dystopian future of humanity. Both texts are a response to their own contextual concerns, as they respond to the vindictiveness and brutality that exists within their world. Their respective forms…

1984 is set in a time period of total governmental control and the absence free speech and free thoughts. The Earth itself is separated into three sections, Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania is the biggest section with the most people. Winston Smith lives in Oceania. The Party is the governing function in the book. The Party controls everything, history, present, and future of the people. The Inner Party members are the elite. Winston works for the Party as a historical editor at the…

1984 George Orwell Stephenie Burston 6th Period March 8, 2017 The author of the novel is George Orwell, and the title of the novel is 1984. The setting of the novel is London, England known as “Airstrip One”, the temporal setting or time period was 1984. The author uses foreshadowing to tell his story. The setting is important to the story the physical and temporal settings. The physical setting is important because they predict what is going to happen specifically in London. But the temporal…

the book 1984 George Orwell predicted the privacy issues that Americans face today, with his concerns that the government is keeping an eye on the public, whether this was through a Telescreen in the novel or modern day televisions and Iphones. The telescreens used in the book 1984 were always on no matter where the owner was. At the grocery store or at work it was always on. The citizens still watched the telescreen like an actual T.V. but the thought police took it was too far in 1984. Some of…

Erick Martinez Block 2 English III 9 May 2016 Love or Hate? The way 1984 ended was unexpected yet seemed to mark and affirm the importance of the book's message. At the end of the novel Winston loves Big Brother. It is the indoctrination that he suffers that makes him accept Big Brother. This was all because of O'Brien who tortured Winston and O'Brien who also made Winston give up Julia. After he was forced to betray Julia, and sees her later, he realizes his love for her has been destroyed.…

A minor character in 1984, which made a significant impact on the outcome of the story was Mr. Charrington. Mr. Charrington is an elderly man who runs a secondhand store in the Prole district. Mr. Charrington shares Winton’s interest in the past, he also supports Winston’s rebellion against the Party and his relationship with Julia, Winston’s lover. Mr. Charrington rents Winston a room without telescreens; therefore he can carry out his plans to meet Julia. When Winston and Julia get caught,…

allowance to do whatever you want.. To others freedom may be having some monitoring but only enough to allow the government to better find criminals via social media, text messages, etc. In 1984 the idea of freedom is being held hostage by their government or “Party” that is not what freedom means. In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, a man named Winston finds himself in a dystopian society where he is always being watched by the government, named the “Party”, under the rule and…