Oceania

The Dystopian novel 1984 (By George Orwell) is about a man named Winston, and his physical and psychological struggles with the dictating rulers of his society called The Party. Unlike our society The Party eliminates all opinions and emotions. Our society could never be like The Party, because people at this point in time are too opinionated and become too offended over the smallest things. Winston’s story begins with the purchase of an illegal book from an antique shop. In this diary he…

government, a single-party dictatorship that controls all aspects of public and private life. It manages the political, social, cultural, and economic aspects of life, along with any media and technology. George Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian novel set in Oceania about how the protagonist, Winston Smith, loses his identity under the oppressive totalitarian regime of “Big Brother”. As a government employee of the Outer Party, Winston’s job is to obediently rewrite the nation’s history, but he…

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”- John C. Maxwell. You are given the key to the United States, with this key comes great power. Do you believe you would use that power to help, defend, and treat others? Or would you use it selfishly? When people are given a leadership role, it can sometimes be uncertain what can happen. For example, Adolf Hitler was a leader who many believe was the worst leader in history. He was a man who thought of himself and world…

identity and independence is completely taken away, it shows that the person is now under complete control. In the book 1984, written by George Orwell this idea is represented by a totalitarian government that controls the everyday life of the people of Oceania. This totalitarian government uses propaganda and decisive tactics to overhold the population. Also an anti-heroic character uses his qualities to rebel and use his given rights; that are believed to be gone. Orwell uses the rebellious…

In the ancient times, torture and interrogation methods were used in order for individuals to obey and confess to crimes they have violated. These strategies were utilized to accumulate information as well as to punish the individual as well. As George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty­ Four predicts, a perpetual war is uprising. In the Torture articles, the United States of America built a detention center in Caimanera, Cuba called Guantanamo Bay that is used to detain extraordinarily dangerous people…

ironic because the Proles make up 85 percent of the population of Oceania and have more than enough manpower to successfully rebel against the Inner Party and Big Brother, but they could never accomplish such an undertaking, because they cannot “gather in numbers larger than twos and threes” to meditate on the fact that their society is corrupt (Orwell…

rebels. All possible threats were executed or disappeared from existence. Orwell emphasizes this loss of privacy under totalitarian rule in 1984 through the creation of highly advance surveillance technology that allowed constant supervision over Oceania. For example, “the telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision…he could be seen as well as heard.” The Party takes the fear…

Imagine yourself in a world where the government is not accountable for its actions. Its sole goal is to gain power, while the citizens are deprived of their freedoms, live in fear and terror of being picked up by the authorities, executed without a fair trial, where you can’t trust what is being reported in the news because it may all be propaganda. In his book, 1984, George Orwell depicts a society under totalitarian regime through the eyes of Winston Smith. Here, betrayal is a reoccurring…

The books 1984 and The Hunger Games are similar in many ways from their totalitarian governments to their strict district rules. In the Hunger Games president Snow is the leader, he is located at the capitol and is the “game 's” leader. He oversees the games, the players and tries to corrupt the members of the capital into thinking that the destroying of the districts, the games, and killing is all apart of a big game. As in 1984 Big Brother is compared to president snow, the people both fear…

Oceania, the Future of Society The novel “1984”, written by George Orwell is a story regarding the development and future prediction for how society will evolve and develop over time. The story was written in the year 1949, therefore, in this time era, society was oblivious to how we as human beings would advance in our technology and living luxuries. But in Orwell’s novel, instead of being a life of thriving in a luxurious utopia, it is a district of war, violence, and captivity. It is overall…