Oceania

1984 is a dystopian novel by George Orwell that shows the reader a totalitarian state, Oceania, ruled by the omnipresent Big Brother and the Inner Party. 1984 was written in 1948, when the tensions were beginning to rise and the people of continents Europe and Asia were still recovering from the events of World War II. The two nations were still in shambles because of the destruction wrought from the battles fought all over Europe and the atom bomb being dropped in Hiroshima. Typically, when…

More Security, Less Freedom George Orwell’s dystopian book, 1984, is a step into the future, along with many side effects. This includes the people of Oceania, where the book takes place, and their security that comes with a price of their freedom. Winston is the main character in this novel and tries to ignore the fact, at first, that he doesn 't believe in Big Brother. While Winston is on his journey to freedom he comes across Julia, his beloved soul mate, and together they rebel against the…

In George Orwell’s book,” 1984” written in 1949 describes about how Winston Smith lives through Oceania which uses endless war to maintain a stable economy at the expense of their own people. Ever since Snowden spoke publically to the world about how the United States has established the NSA to look into people’s secrets and private information. People started reading George Orwell’s book about how 1984 and America can be similar to America’s use of technology and how America are keeping a…

George Orwell’s dystopian book, 1984, is a step into the future, along with many side effects. This includes the people of Oceania, where the book is taken place, and their security that comes with a price of their freedom. While researching articles and essays written about freedom and security, these texts helped further the topic that freedom and security is a big conflict in Orwell’s book. Freedom and security is a main conflict in 1984, because of the idea that the lack of freedom provides…

Orwell speaks of how the government rules all. Those with the power become corrupt and power hungry. The country Oceania is controlled by those who know and how to use power, but not in the best way possible. In the appendix of the novel, Orwell states on a page 309 “Newspeak was the official language of Oceania” readers can infer that Newspeak, the language that every citizen spoke in Oceania, vanished. What caused Newspeak to be discontinued? How did Big Brother fall? Orwell writes this in…

in constant warfare. Oceania, the superstate in which the book takes place, is under the control of Big Brother and the four ministries that help run the government. The four ministries can control all life within Oceania. 1984 shows totalitarianism in a few major ways, including: use of propaganda, control of thought and truth, and the use of violence to secure the interests of Big Brother. First, the use of propaganda by Big Brother is extremely prevalent throughout Oceania in 1984. The…

patriotism in almost every aspect. George Orwell writes in the novel 1984 about a dystopian society where everyone loves the Party and their nation Oceania. The United States of America and the nation of Oceania both hold a great sense of patriotism throughout both nations however the patriotism in each country is extremely different. In the novel 1984, Oceania was formed when the United States took over England and is controlled by the Party. The citizens of…

Dictionary defines as the deprivation of a person from their independent thought, the ability to be sympathetic, and the ability to exercise their natural rights (Cambridge English Dictionary). Within 1984, George Orwell uses the state of the country Oceania as a juxtaposition to reveal the devastating effects of authoritarian rules of government such as the totarialistic state of the Soviet Union in the 1900s under the reign of Stalin. Under the rule of Stalin, all people were required to…

Throughout Oceania there are telescreens which are used to monitor citizens. Orwell states, “Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or in bed-no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull” (Orwell 27). Big Brother monitors the people of Oceania every second of their lives, watching their every move. Surveillance…

war in the novel, 1984, the spread of misleading information plays a huge role in determining the direction of society. Written by George Orwell, the story takes place in the fictional society of Oceania, where one of its citizens, Winston Smith, struggles with his allegiance to the government. Oceania is solely controlled by the Party of INGSOC, otherwise known as English Socialism, which acts a dictator. Furthermore, the Party is primarily successful because of its highly influential…