George Orwell

Elephant, by George Orwell vividly allows one to analyze the question, "How free is the will of the individual within society?" Orwell presents the issue of whether or not a police officer should shoot an elephant. Various reasons go along with this, allowing one to determine whether the shooter is “free” or if he is…

relates strongly with George Orwell’s novel 1984. Winston Smith, the main character, in 1984, tells the novel through third person limited point of view. The story begins with Winston Smith describing his constant surveillance by BIG BROTHER and throughout the novel the reader witnesses Winston’s struggles against the government that controls the ideas and thoughts of its citizens. As the reader comes to understand through Winston’s eyes, the dangers of totalitarianism, George Orwell conveys the…

The predictions that were made by George Orwell have come true through ISIS. George Orwell’s novel 1984 tries to warn society about the cruel future that will soon come upon us because of our actions of the past. Even in the 21st century, over nearly 60 years after the release of 1984, they’re still several ways in which the novel is still relevant. ISIS has by hacking into facebook and twitter accounts comparing to Oceania and other societies. Both ISIS and Orwell share very close similarities…

It is common for a journey to be represented in a story, but for what reason? What purpose does it serve? George Orwell uses the journey in his autobiographical short story, Shooting an Elephant to develop our awareness of life's struggles, through the inner conflict faced by Orwell. The book is set in the British colony of Burma, and it details Orwell's physical and mental journey of completing the aforementioned task of shooting an elephant. The story is written in first person, and is a…

over their own people without the citizens even knowing it. 1984, a novel written by George Orwell, is about a dystopian government where the Party controls all of Oceania and it’s people. Almost every single person living in Oceania is heavily controlled by the party, and because of this no one raises opposition to the Party’s limitless amount of power, which then enables even more control over Oceania. In George Orwell’s 1984 The Party believes that in order to retain power the right thing to…

Throughout the novel 1984, George Orwell expresses the theme “propaganda” tremendously. Propaganda describes the act of only sharing one side of the story while omitting the rest. In the book, the main character references the many secrets of the government party. Winston, the main character, mentions that his job consists of fixing past news and documents before crumpling up “the original message” and dropping them into “the memory hole to be devoured by the flames” (Orwell 39). This makes sure…

it and through his stunning narratives of 1984 and Animal Farm, George Orwell did just that. Corruption due to power occurs in Animal Farm, in occurs in 1984, and it occurred in the book’s real-life counterpart, the Russian Revolution. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm to help humanity realize that if society does not make an effort to learn from history, it is destined to relive the mistakes of its predecessors. In Animal Farm, George…

his dystopian pieces, George Orwell is not unfamiliar to the importance of the individual. Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian novel that warns…

“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity.” Author George Orwell understood this concept well, and explored it in his novel, 1984. In 1984, Orwell warns how the government can use language to control the knowledge and views of its citizens through the fictional Newspeak and the Party’s manipulation of truth. Orwell asserts that language alone has the power to eliminate both the creation and expression of any rebellious thoughts and, therefore, to create a perfectly…

Writing II Rebellion, Freud, and Sex In 1984 In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s use of language helps convey the qualities of a bildungsroman, showcased by a narrator’s rise in self-confidence in the face of the Party. The Party’s repression propagandized as a utopia is what the narrator, Winston, resolves to fight. The narrator’s resistance to the erosion of his individuality by said state is developed by Orwell as a main motif. Winston is initially shown to be loosening from the grasp…