The Big War

How big of a role can media play in a society? In the novel “1984”, George Orwell builds a strong media system as a tool for the party to suppress and prevent class conflicts: it gives the public and outer party members an illusion of truth, while maintain their attention distracted from what is truly happening. The most noticeable contribution of media towards the totalitarian state of 1984 is trapping people and outer party members’ attention on what the party wants them to see, and…

When Orwell introduces the reader to Big Brother, he is described as the face of Oceania, his eyes watching you no matter where you are. “It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran”(Orwell 1). In many ways, Big Brother is the embodiment of everything the Party stands for, their ideals, values, and above all else, their…

imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow not less but more merciless as it refines itself. Progress in our world will be progress toward more pain.’” For another example, “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”, an example of doublethink, is showing that the circumstances in which they lived in were pretty…

music and the American popular culture. Teenager at the school could not wait for school to end so they could go home to watch MTV. A new video would come out every time and the people were very passionate about it. Michael Jackson’s “thriller” made a big impact on the viewers and he turned out to be the world’s largest sold home video. Michael was the pop star in the US, he performed the moonwalk and after that first performing at the Motown anniversary show, the nation started to do it.…

by a governing unit entitled the Party, and the Party is able to keep its reign over this society through the use of the Thought Police, which are essentially the law enforcers of Oceania. Over top of this authority, however, is the tyrant known as Big Brother who is known to watch over all of Oceania through the use of telescreens that are placed within all public and private locations. Through the use of constant government surveillance, the government in Orwell’s novel help dictate and shape…

In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, people are living in the nation of Oceania, where their thinking and behavior are completely control by the ruling political party. Warning signs are posted everywhere in the nation with the words "Big Brother is watching you" (3), private houses are also equipped with electric eye and a microphone, even a cough cannot escape the eye of the Thought Police. Even writing a diary to record their ideas can cause one to be arrested and sentenced to death. This kind…

what they had done, and love of Big Brother. It was touching to see how much they loved him.” (Orwell 255). Big Brother is the icon of the Party in the book 1984 and is seen as the leader of said group. Throughout it Big Brother uses varying types of control to make sure his people do what is “best” for the rest of the Party. These forms of control get into the people’s head and are forced unto them by the Party as well as snuck into their everyday lives. Big Brother is always watching and…

But today, 67 years later, aspects from the futuristic story have eerily come true. The novel tells the story of a socially stratified post-nuclear war world ruled by 3 superstates: Eastasia, Eurasia and Oceania and a mayor political party: “The Big Brother”. The “BB” is the boss, the holy guardian of society and even, sometimes, considered as a God. "Big Brother" changed almost everything in the 1984’s society; from the language to even how people dressed themselves. Maybe, today’s society is…

The novel 1984 is a dystopian book that follows the life of Winston, one of the middle class citizens living in Oceania. Oceania is controlled by Big Brother, who spies on the people and eliminates all personal privacy. Winston wants to escape the oppressive forces of Big Brother’s totalitarian government. Oppression pushes people to do whatever it takes to get their freedom. An example of fighting for freedom and the dissolution of oppression in 1984 is when Julia causes a commotion in the…

the right to attack others if they didn’t do anything. Next, fans go too far because they go crazy whenever the other team scores once. Then, fans should just look at the game as if it’s just a simple game. People take sports too seriously and make a big deal over their loss. People make riots just for one loss of a game. First, riots are wrong and mean nothing. Riots should only be broken out if the British Parliament conquered US and made us pay high taxes. That’s when we have the right to…