Nineteen Eighty-Four

In the book Nineteen Eighty-Four the society described is solely controlled by the government, or what they call the Inner Party. Using their power and influence through the media, the Inner Party is able to manipulate their citizens into believing anything they want. In the…

Language as the “Supreme Weapon” in Nineteen Eighty-Four Human beings live in a small world in which they have to communicate with each other. They exchange beliefs, knowledge, opinions, threats, wishes, feelings and promises. Communication is not only based on speaking acts and words but also on facial and body gestures. For instance, we smile to express amusement, happiness, or disrespect. We can also scream to express fear, anger, or excitement. We can use facial gestures to express…

Nineteen Eighty-Four written by George Orwell and The Matrix, screenplay written by the Wachowskis are both dystopian tales that have very many similar aspects to them. The most interesting similarity is that in both dystopian fictions, nobody has the ability to truly make a decision for themselves that was not already planned for them to do. In The Matrix, the whole reality that everyone thinks they know, is actually a computer program that their minds are put into. They believe that they are…

Empowerment and disempowerment using the gaze is manifested as one of the fundamental themes in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) as well as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985). Written soon after the Second World War, Nineteen Eighty-Four was a novel which portrayed the experiences of Winston Smith, the protagonist and other significant characters who are bound to live within a totalitarian regime in which the powerful forces are punishment and fear. The Handmaid’s…

with prominent issues and themes of the time period influencing several aspects of their works. Comparing Metropolis, Fritz Lang (1927) and Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell (1949) an individual…

Eric Arthur Blair, more commonly known by his pseudonym George Orwell was born in near Bengal, India in 1903. Orwell is most famous for his work dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a book published in 1949 and still widely read today. As a young man, Orwell was vehemently against imperialism, a political ideology of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. At the age of 24, Orwell began developing a personality that would influence his authorial style.…

‘free’ thought). Fear is used as a tool to keep this power in control in Nineteen-Eighty-Four, while in Lord of the Flies the boys are manipulated by their fear. Both Orwell and Golding show the ways in which fear and power corrupt the characters, and show the effects these have on themselves and…

deception refers to a scheme or a trick a person uses to get what he/she wants. Therefore, the word deception comes from an act of deceiving somebody on a particular issue. The developments in this paper entails a deep analysis of the novels Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World written by George Orwell and Aldous Huxley respectively. Additionally, more emphasis will be carried out on the issues relating to freedom, brainwashing, state, apathy and deception. While drawing a parallel between…

similarities in the two. I believe that nineteen eighty-four Oceania is set up much like present America, except to the extreme. George Orwell’s 1984 is centered on a man named Winston who works for the ruling party under Big Brother. Winston is highly opposed…

During the year nineteen twenty-two, George Orwell served for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma where he witnessed British colonial life and was revolted at what the poor and weak had to endure (“George Orwell Timeline”). Orwell clearly knew about the misuse of power, since he was there first-hand to experience it in action. He was against the atrocious corruption within the government of Burma. Winston Smith - Orwell’s main character in Nineteen Eighty-Four - loathed a corrupted government as…