Nineteen Eighty-Four

In the novel of Nineteen Eighty-Four written by George Orwell, the coral paperweight is a form of rebellion that was useless to the people and the party that made Winston have the urge to buy the paperweight. It was a reflection of Winston Smith past that reminds him of his mother and sister it also signifies his relationship with Julia. The coral paperweight purchased at Charrington’s shop becomes a dominant symbol in Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Winston motif for buying the paperweight was…

The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell has many important themes that express what society could be like in the future. This story is told through the eyes of Winston, a member of the Outer Party who does not believe in the ways of how society works. Winston thinks he is alone in the world until he meets someone who has the same beliefs as him. All of the sub-themes in the novel contribute to the altering of major one. The theme freedom and enslavement changes dramatically…

In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the protagonist Winston Smith is comparable to Edna Pontellier of The Awakening in the way that he also possesses “That outward existence which conforms, the inward life that questions.” Though living in a society where outward conformity is a must-have in order to survive, Winston is one to secretly question the oppressive norms which have been set into the culture. The tension created by these conflicting characteristics and the rebellion that…

Winston can see his thoughts supported by tangible evidence. At one point, he reads, “The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of independent thought” (Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 171-172). This helps truly reveal the government of Oceania as a totalitarian state that Orwell intended on making it. However, before Winston can achieve true rebellion, he is captured. What follows is an indeterminable length of time…

George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1949 and had it published in London. The main character Winston Smith was the bottom of the ranks of a ruling political group in London. Wherever Winston goes the party watches him on televisions. The party controls everything in Oceania even history and the people's language. The party is putting in a new language called Newspeak that tries to eliminate political rebellion by getting rid of words related to it. The story is set in Oceania in 1984, with a twist of…

1984 by George Orwell is fictional story of a society under totalitarian regime, which the Inner Party controls communication, personal beliefs, and individual loyalty to the government in order to have stability. However, contemporary society is much more democratic because the individual determines all communication, personal beliefs, and the people’s loyalty to the government. The Inner Party controls several aspects of the people's lives. Communication is controlled for the benefit of…

up and living in a society that has been fully taken over by an elite group. Not only this, but the citizens are informed that from now their every move will be watched twenty-four seven. Whether it be in your own room, walking around outside, or even on your cellular devices, they are always watching. In Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, Winston Smith is put in this exact situation. While being constantly watched by the government, also known as the Inner Party, it begins to infuriate him,…

Pleasure versus Pain: Totalitarianism in Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four For decades, the dystopian genre has grown in popularity, and is often used to express the philosophies and opinions of their authors. Two authors, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell, expressed their fears through their critically acclaimed dystopian novels. Both Huxley’s Brave New World and Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four are established in totalitarian regimes, where the government controls every aspect of the…

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, depicts a society under a corrupted political state. The corruption leads to a totalitarian regime. In the book society is divided in three classes. The proles, which represent the proletariat, they live in poverty and they are denied any access to information, education and they must abide by the rules that are dictated by the party. The outer party members, who are middle class. They work within the party however; they do not have any access to the wealth…

even built a science around the concept: psychology. But for as long as humans have been interested in discovering how the mind words, there has also been those interested in exploring ways to control it. In his political science fiction novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell describes the methods used by the Party, the reigning political power in the nation of Oceania. The Party controls every thought of the citizens of the country it governs, and cruelly and severely punishes those who do…