Nineteen Eighty-Four

Every person in the world should have their own rights to decide what they want to do. It is because no one should not be controlled over what people’s thoughts and opinions. Moreover, most people do not like when some strangers keep looking at what people are doing their business. In 1984, that is called Big Brother was watching people through the telescreen which could see and hear everything that people are doing and talking. Telescreens were everywhere such as streets, houses, and even in…

Today in our modern era there are different types of philosophies/economic systems that is used throughout the different countries such as capitalism, communism and socialism. Socialism is a type of economic and political system/theory. The basic principle of socialism centers on common ownership, this basically means that the entire population of the earth share ownership of the resources available. The main goal of socialism is to achieve equality between the members of the society, it focuses…

Now that Gilead has been established, any and all written words are forbidden to women. The government gets rid of even the most harmless lettering of a state controlled store in the hopes that women will eventually be unable to read. Gilead’s women will only rely on the pictographic signs to know what their shopping tasks are. In practice, eventually this could become the way of life, but Offred is not a product of the time she is in, she is forced into this lifestyle. On the second night she…

Stylistic Device Imagery: Distinct details are used in order for the reader to successfully create an image in one 's mind thus allowing the reader to feel the tone the descriptions are trying to convey. One dismal morning as Winston’s consistent routine commenced he walked into the canteen where breakfast took place "He looked around the canteen. A low ceilinged, crowded room, its walls grimy from the contact of innumerable bodies; battered metal tables and chairs, placed so close together that…

The setting surrounding the novel ‘1984’ expresses a haunting narrative that helps emphasize the boldness of Orwell’s idea on dystopia. Having witnessed authentic horrors of totalitarian governments in Russia and during the midst of the Spanish Civil War, Orwell portrays a novel which would go the mile to compare with totalitarian governments to sustain and increase their power. I was mesmerised by the way George Orwell wrote such a novel that couldn 't be far from a world so extreme right now.…

Individuality is the greatest threat to a utopian society, if one person doesn’t like the way the leader is running the show, then why should you continue to follow their lead? This is the problem I tackled in my final project, as I produced a seminar that was telling students from a fictional institution how to run their utopian societies in a way where they could eliminate or control individuality. Of course their are many different ways to see a utopian society, sometimes it is optimistic,…

In 1984 by George Orwell, the protagonist, Winston Smith, makes observations and analyses of the institutions that control his society. In Oceania, the country in which Winston resides, language is a powerful system. Language is a method of communication used by a particular group, and in Oceania, the language they use is that of Newspeak. Newspeak is a powerful force within Oceania due to the authority that is has. However, The Party, the organization who rules the society, has control over the…

“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.” George Orwell penned these powerful words in his radical novel 1984. In this dystopian novel, Orwell explores the idea that if the human mind can be controlled, then so can reality. By using various elements in the story, Orwell creates a message: the mind is the most powerful weapon someone can possess. Orwell uses the conflict of man vs. society in order to show the power of one mind versus the power of a collective mind. Winston is an…

In part three of 1984 Winston the main character of the book awakens in a very bright room with four telescreens in each side. He is in a cell at the Ministry of Love. He had no idea how long he has been in this room, but what he did know was that he was very hungry. Before he was brought to this bright cell he was put in an ordinary prison or temporary lock-up. Winston described this place as dark smelly and full of people. The majority of the people were common criminals and there were also a…

“We stand against the small time of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought” (bradbury 59). Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it was evident that people’s minds were corrupted to think that happiness was the only thing that mattered. Books were not allowed because they contained forbidden ideas and “no happy endings.” This led to the rebellion of Montag. Along with this, if books were found in a house, it would be immediately burned to the…