1984

In the novel, 1984, George Orwell warns his readers about the damage that can come from following a totalitarian regime and the measures that governments will go to in order to gain control over its people. Orwell creates a story that is very powerful and utilizes a variety of symbols. All of his symbols are very important in his story, but the most significant is the glass paperweight, which represents the past of Oceania and the bond between Winston and Julia. At the beginning of the novel,…

1984, a fictional novel, written by George Orwell, who witnessed absolute political authority when he was in Spain, Germany and the Soviet Union. The book is known for the dangers of authoritarian governments and the society of totalitarianism. Winston, Julia, and O’Brien, the three main characters, who were against the party of having complete control of the city , except O’Brien. George Orwell, the author, wrote this novel to demonstrate the dangers that this kind of government holds. He uses…

EXAMINE HOW THE TREATMENT OF TECHNOLOGY IN METROPOLIS AND NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR HEIGHTENS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUES, SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTEXT OF THE TEXTS. In both the political satire, ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’ (hereafter 1984) by George Orwell and the science fiction film ‘Metropolis’ (1927) by Fritz Lang, the composers explore the values and attitudes brought about by each of their historical contexts which is impacted by the influence of technology. The composers both use technology as a…

In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the government operates by a Party system under which there is only one Party who controls all of Oceania. They believe the only way to control everyone is to change the past, present, and future to their favor and by manipulating the public’s opinion (Jacob, Lawrence). According to the article “Political Skills or Lying and Manipulation? The Choreography of the Northern Ireland Peace Process” written by James Lawrence, in order to be successful in manipulation,…

April 27th, 2015 “If you want a picture of The Future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.” (Orwell, 280) These are the chilling words uttered by O’Brien to Winston Smith towards the end of George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984. This quote captures the brutality of Big Brother’s Party as the “boot” that strives to crush the human spirit. The State’s brutality is also apparent in the film V for Vendetta, in which the totalitarian Norsefire Party aims for complete…

In a country with now laws why would there be police? The previously stated is truth for George Orwell’s Novel 1984, where there is no laws the thought police keep a populace in check under what jurisdiction is uncovered throughout the book. Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 depicts a world in which the characters unfold the lies of freedom that have been ingrained into the minds of the populace, run by the party and big brother their lust for power has lead to the loss of freedom for the characters…

The National Minimum Legal Drinking Age Act of 1984 was passed on July 17th of 1984. This act prohibits the consumption, purchase and distribution of alcohol unless one is 21 years of age or older. The United States is one of twelve countries that have a minimum drinking age of 21. To put this into perspective, this beautiful world is home to 190 recognized countries, it seems that either the rest of the world is missing out on something or the opposite is true. The question of whether or not to…

Before a person can truly be betrayed by another, indefinite trust must be placed in them. A trust, that if broken, can ultimately ruin a bond and the lives of each of those involved. This unfailing truth is a prominent occurrence in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. The idea of trust being put into another person and later resulting in a final betrayal has an immediate impact with the book’s main character Winston Smith, who experience these same threads. Other themes, including love, lead to…

"1984" By George Orwell portrays the life of a character named Winston who lives in a totalitarian society, as the story goes on he defies this government in many ways such as personal rebellion and falling in love, at the end he is caught and tortured until he gives up any sense of individuality that he had before. In the novel Nineteen-Eighty Four, George Orwell presents Big Brother as a symbol of oppression in a totalitarian government in order to convey the power that the party has over the…

The main character Winston Smith in “1984” resembles a divergent character, separating his path and goals away from societies’. This is clearly shown from the moment he committed a thought crime, a specific type of crime recognized sometime in the future by the Thought Police. Winston begins to talk to himself stating, “The Thought Police would get him just the same. He had committed—would still have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper—the essential crime that contained all others…