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Figurative Language Paradox: "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength." This phrase is mentioned frequently throughout the book and is one of the three slogans for INGSOC, the English Socialist Party. Their goal is to gain control over the minds of the people, and dictate what they think. One of the main brainwashing programmes used by the party was "doublethink". "doublethink" is the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradicting beliefs as correct. This helps the…

George Orwell’s 1984 depicts a futuristic society in which government and technology evolve and create a oligarchical utopian society equipt with a figurehead, Big Brother. As the top tier of a strict class system, the Inner Party uses Big Brother’s persona to enforce mechanisms used to maintain power and influence. Any distinction of an individual most likely will lead to his/her condemnation and vaporization, in which the individual is erased from official documentation and ceases to exist.…

“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” ― George Orwell, 1984 1984, by George Orwell is a book written in 1949, set 35 years into the future, that attempted to show what life would have looked like in a world in evil and chaos. The government stayed in power by using violence and force, by rewriting history everyday, distorting the truth and brainwashing the people to venality. Many people argue that the genre of 1984 is science fiction, but…

In today’s time, people are watched by the government through security cameras and cell phones. Unlike in the novel 1984, people were watched through telescreens and were allowed no individuality. People think having thoughts is not a privilege but compared to the novel 1984 it is. In the novel having thoughts was not allowed, Winston took a risk by buying a diary and keeping his personal thoughts in it. It was very dangerous seeing that the government could have come in and killed him at any…

If a person or a group of people has the right tools, manipulating large masses of people can be easily and simply accomplished. This is very evident in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. In this novel, the masses of people are heavily controlled by their government. They must have unconditional support to the party that is ruling them, and they are constantly being surveyed by the government to make sure that they are following their laws. The party even goes as far as to control their food…

exploited to narrow thought and encourage orthodoxy. In his novel 1984, the ruling regime of Oceania, a dystopian future of England, fashions a new language known as Newspeak that is based on modern English but uses a highly…

Kayleigh Wenzelmann ENG4U Ms. Lidstone December 7 2017 Lack of Privacy and Effect of No Individualism Essay In the novel 1984 written by George Orwell, Winston’s mentality is related to this quote thoroughly “To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.” (Anthony Burgess). Personal privacy and space is never granted throughout the book. Everyone is always a subject to observation, even by their own family members and friends. Since Big Brother is always watching…

They create the hateful image of Eurasian soldiers through propaganda, things such as Hate Week, the Newspeaks, and the Telescreens enhance the influences of the government on the people. By influencing the present through tactics, such as propaganda, a person’s opinion could significantly change compared to their opinion on the past beforehand. For example…

dystopian society of Oceania in the year 1984. Oceania is ruled over by Big Brother and the Inner Party, a political group that believes in Ingsoc, English Socialism, and creating a world free of unorthodoxy and individuality. This is done by inventing Newspeak, Oceania’s official language designed to limit individual thought, and organizations like the Thought Police, who punish people that go against the Party’s ideals. Winston, unlike most of the population, dislikes the Party and believes in…

Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 serves as a suspenseful and disturbing warning to a contemporary audience. Like Orwell’s 1984, Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaptation is set in a dystopian universe where the government watches over and controls its citizens’ every move through invasive telescreens, disfigurement of language and the outlawing of love and every thought that goes against the Party’s principles. Through the rewriting of history…