Nineteen Eighty-Four

Author Christopher Hitchens had once said that “the totalitarian, to me, is the enemy - the one that 's absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes” ("Totalitarian”). George Orwell’s novel, 1984, cautions the reader about the dangers of a totalitarian regime. The dystopian future that Orwell created in his novel shows the devastating effects on the people themselves. The people of Oceania lost their intelligence, independence, and even…

There Is No Such Thing as Privacy “It was even conceivable that they watched us all the time.” These are the words Winston Smith and all of Oceania had to live by. George Orwell’s 1984 warns us about totalitarian regimes. The government, Big Brother, abolishes the citizen’s freedom and their own personal privacy, and even into their personal thoughts. Consequently the nation is losing its patriotism and the government is representing that of an undemocratic leadership. The book portrays a…

complacent and close-minded people exist in this world, Big Brother will continue to be watching, and his vision will become clearer every day. Orwell sparks an interesting question in 1984 himself, “For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?” (Orwell,…

The totalitarian government in the novel 1984 doesn’t mention the use of technology other than for military and surveillance in the novel. The government has no need for high end technology such as phones and the internet. The use of phones and the internet would be detrimental to keeping INGSOC in power. If the people in the novel had access to such technology, they would be able to talk to one another and possibly plan the downfall of the government. If INGSOC had allowed for the internet and…

A Dystopian Mother A reoccurring theme presented in The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is how the setting takes place in a dystopian society. Dystopias have many characteristic that display how it is an undesirable world. Even though an insignificant character, Mrs. Everdeen, Katniss’s mother, plays an important role in the development of this theme. She advances many of our primary character’s relationship to a dystopia. Also, she connects too many of the characteristics of a dystopia, such…

As a society we define our heroes as people who have courage, the courage to stand up to an oppressing force and succeed. Yet, should we honor them even if they do not succeed. In George Orwell 's 1984, the main character Winston fights against the oppressing and omnipresent party to be able think freely. Throughout the book Winston struggles in a personal war against the party, meanwhile, society has lost this battle against the party. In the reader 's eyes Winston represents a beacon of hope…

To be free is the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved and for someone to have that power over someone is wrong and should not be accepted. A well-known wise man Nelson Mandela once said “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others” It is seen throughout animal farm as one pig, snowball tries to turn the farm into a sort of Utopia place with guidelines to prevent animals from ever becoming like man, but he’s…

Power, although a necessity to keep societies in an orderly fashion, can immediately turn into absolute corruption in a matter of time. Power, such a malleable instrument, can lead to an unwieldy combination of complete totalitarianism against any who opposes the rule of the established government. In both of the novels, this is subtly, but effectively implemented to make the reader experience the development of the corruption, and the eventual total control of both societies. In both novels…

In George Orwell’s 1984, the immoderate amount of technology employed to watch the citizens is inconceivable. The principal use of surveillance in the novel is to keep the Party in control, and eliminate any threats to the society. Through the Party’s use of surveillance in Oceania, the citizens live in constant fear of watched and observed invariably. On the other hand, modern day technology and surveillance varies tremendously from 1984. The United States government uses surveillance in…

argues that the farm should focus on food production. Furthermore, serious disagreement was seen between the pigs and the other animals in the Animal Farm for instance, pigs take over leadership in the Animal Farm, Squealer a boar teaches sheep to say four legs good but two legs better and in the beginning of the novel the pigs said “All animals are equal”, since the pigs treat themselves special they changed the rule “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. In the…