The Big War

in charge of modifying “newspapers, ...books, periodicals, pamphlets, posters, leaflets, films, soundtracks, cartoons, [and] photographs” to fit the Party’s ideology (Orwell 40). Since the history is changed to reflect prosperity with victories in war, a consistent increase of rations, and loyal individuals like Comrade Ogilvy who “was a ... nonsmoker, had no recreations, and had taken a vow of celibacy” (Orwell…

goes and the intense physical and emotional trauma it causes. Finally, another tactic the Party uses is brainwashing in order to keep total control. The screens can be used to display messages at any time to anyone. A common phrase the Party uses is “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.”. These are messages that are constantly displayed to people that support the party’s ulterior motive. Throughout the entire novel we see the party constantly using different methods of…

impact on Winston’s existence as it is “Big Brother” who controls the thoughts of the citizens of Oceania. Thoughts is a crucial element to one’s identity as it enables people to have power and control over themselves; Winston being incapable of holding these thoughts affects his identity. This reflects the time in which the book was written, as in 1949 there was a rise in socialism, the Soviet Union being one of the biggest communist superpowers during the Cold war, deprived people of their…

propagandized as a utopia is what the narrator, Winston, resolves to fight. The narrator’s resistance to the erosion of his individuality by said state is developed by Orwell as a main motif. Winston is initially shown to be loosening from the grasp of leader Big Brother and the Party, which he gradually rebels against by pondering about “taboo” subjects, writing in his journal, and acting on his lust, concluding with his diabolical torture at the hands of the Party. Orwell…

As humanity progresses, it is inevitable that more and more knowledge comes to be accumulated. These knowledge get classified under different umbrella terms according to the elements of our world that they primarily deal with. Depending on which element of Academia they belong to, they naturally involve different manners of approach, understanding and outcomes. It is therefore inadvertent that different areas of knowledge (AOKs) will come to face distinctions between them so as to provide…

micromanage the lives of the citizens in the Party. The Ministry of Truth replaces and the truth with lies to cover up the losses of the Ministry of Plenty and the Ministry of Peace, whose respective responsibilities lie in rationing food and perpetuating war. The Party provides no freedom to the public and therefore asserts itself as…

It has been shown that the novel, 1984, shows the hardship of living under the totalitarian rule of the Party. George Orwell wants to demonstrate to the people of Oceania that they are too blinded to realize that the government are actually taking control of their lives. They are too busy worshipping their beliefs and think that the Party can help their society prosper. But in return, the Party is actually playing the people’s mind to follow their views. As you see the Party uses propaganda and…

society that he/she lives in which happens to both Winston and Katniss. Winston feels that the proles should be able to have their own thoughts instead of what the Party/Big Brother makes them think. Katniss feels that the kids of each district should not have to be entered in the games as they were not the ones who started the war in the past. 1984 and Mockingjay use dystopian literatures characteristics for protagonists because they can relate to the readers; the readers feel that there could…

controversial debate of creationism versus evolution. The religious right of the political spectrum believes with absolute certainty that God created our existence, while the scientific left supports the gradual evolution of life resulting from the Big Bang Theory. Wendell Berry adds his opinion and says, “There is no objective or empirical or experimental evidence on either side. The argument, as such, is by definition hopeless- a piece of foolishness and a waste of time” (22). Science states…

the Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller bands with more of an orchestral range. (Between the Wars: The Swing Era.)…