George Orwell

Dehumanization is a process that the Cambridge Dictionary defines as the deprivation of a person from their independent thought, the ability to be sympathetic, and the ability to exercise their natural rights (Cambridge English Dictionary). Within 1984, George Orwell uses the state of the country Oceania as a juxtaposition to reveal the devastating effects of authoritarian rules of government such as the totarialistic state of the Soviet Union in the 1900s under the reign of Stalin. Under the…

George Orwell, the victim, used to be a police officer in Britain for five years, during those five years a traumatic chain of events occured leaving Orwell with a haunting guilt feeling for killing an innocent elephant. Destroying the market and some village huts, Orwell found the elephant going crazy. Killing one man, as the police officer George reacted quickly. Although the incident is very controversy George had multiple acts of selfishness throughout the entire situation. George had no…

commanded, he could be seen as well as heard” (Orwell 3). This quote shows that the citizens are under constant surveillance because they are being watched by the telescreens at all times. The telescreens not only watch them, but they can hear what they say. Also, the telescreens watch as the citizens dream to make sure they are not committing thought crime. Winston realizes they live in a dystopia because he writes in his notebook, “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” (Orwell 18). This shows that he thinks…

and communism. As an English novelist, essayist and critic this man played a big role in politics in his time. Through his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four he spoke stories of his life and political issues in early and mid 1900’s (“George Orwell”). In Motihari, India on June 25, 1903, Eric Arthur Blair was born. As a son of a British civil servant he spent his first years in India with his father. Later his mother brought him and his older sister, Marjorie, to England. His younger…

To start with, 1984 written by George Orwell has been one of my favorite reads since I have been in school thus far. The book really emphasized many different themes that had to do with power, mind control and the control of a government. Much like the world we are living in now, Winston Smith lives his life day to day, working and staying out of trouble. The world that Orwell places Winston Smith in seems to be more extreme than the world that we live in today, although there are many…

1984, written by George Orwell, illustrates to us that the government is not always there to help us; they are there for personal gain and to keep their country on a short leash. The leader, known as Big Brother, watches their citizens’ every move day in and day out. The Party controls everything from their history all the way down to their language. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is a crime and worthy of conviction. Thoughtcrime, in fact, is the worst crime that can be committed. “One…

looking over their shoulders waiting to be accused, and eventually killed, for committing crimes against their leaders not necessarily limited to their actions but also their thoughts; this is just the kind of society that George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, depicts. Orwell uses the themes of psychological manipulation, physical control, and the manipulation of information and history, that utterly dehumanize the citizens of Oceania, to send a message about the dangers of totalitarianism.…

In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, people are living in the nation of Oceania, where their thinking and behavior are completely control by the ruling political party. Warning signs are posted everywhere in the nation with the words "Big Brother is watching you" (3), private houses are also equipped with electric eye and a microphone, even a cough cannot escape the eye of the Thought Police. Even writing a diary to record their ideas can cause one to be arrested and sentenced to death. This kind…

as Spain and Russia, George Orwell was able to experience the abominable lengths that the governments around him were willing to go to secure and extend their mass amounts of power. He showcases and explores the major flaws of a totalitarian government through his writing, making it clear to the reader that it is not his government of choice. In an essay by John Rodden, I learned a lot about Orwell’s life and how he came to be a writer. Born in India in June of 1903 Orwell, born as Eric Arthur…

In 1984 by George Orwell, the advancement of technology created a society filled with surveillance. The government, or “Big Brother”, used technology like two way television screens and surveillance cameras to maintain constant watch over their citizens. In today’s society the government has ten times the amount of surveillance technology envisioned by George Orwell in 1984. The United States government was founded around the basic fundamental principle of freedom. However with all the new…