Thought Police

Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all the words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is deemed to be illegal. This is called thoughtcrime, and it is the worst of all. These regulations are controlled by Big Brother, a figure that no one has ever seen. In fact, there is no proof that says Big Brother is even real, but the “thought” of questioning such matter could cause a citizen to be vaporized. Such harsh consequence results in understandable…

George Orwell has created a dystopian story set in London, Oceania 1984, called Nineteen Eighty Four. Inside 1984, it depicts a society, with an oppressive control dominating society, refining and manipulating the past and putting them under constant surveillance. They are driven to fully submit under the authority of Big Brother. The party put the population under constant surveillance and brainwash them by sending messages and propaganda blaring through Telescreens. These telescreens cause…

the story. In 1984, we see a man who is virtually alone in life, experiencing a full-blown regime and the peak of totalitarianism. The contrast between this story, and one of a young family witnessing their community being robbed of its freedom of thought and capitalism would be a very interesting one to read. Winston’s story…

last election there seemed to be an overwhelming amount of fake news circulating the media. So many different stories were spread about each candidate that it was beginning to be impossible to know what was fact and what was fiction. Many people thought that this was a new thing, brought around by the use of social media, but its been happening for a very long time. In 1942 George Orwell, author of the novel 1984, said, “I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgment have simply…

Neil Postman, a contemporary critic, contrast George Orwell’s vision of the future with Aldous Huxley vision of the future. In other to do this Postman uses the ideas expressed in 1984 by Orwell and Huxley’s novel Brave New World. Postman believes that Huxley’s vision is more relevant today than Orwell's vision is. Huxley believed that people will love their oppression, and Orwell believes that society will be overcomed by an externally imposed oppression. Huxley displays this through the novel…

In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the reader is introduced into a futuristic, dystopian society that is built on the remnants of the United States, called Gilead. Throughout the novel, Atwood uses satire to mock and warn the United States of the danger in the strongly held political opinions in the 1980’s, when the book was written. Atwood extrapolates the ideas to their extremes, showing the danger of their acceptance. The absurdity and outrageousness of her exaggerations give the novel…

The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell is a glimpse into the future if our society is not careful. This book illustrates a totalitarian government, and how this world could end up if we transfer everything especially documents to computers. This book is similar to a 1995 movie titled “The Net” that was directed by Irwin Winkler. In this movie a hacker named Angela Bennett discovers that her identity had been changed. She discovered her name was changed while she was on vacation to Ruth Marx.…

Identity and Independence in 1984 When a person's 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…

Dilip Chitre creates a stark impression of the isolation of old age in his poem ‘Father Returning Home’ by showing his fathers’ estrangement from society and his own family. Chitre conveys this isolation by using literary devices such as similes and repetition, and addressing themes such as modernity vs tradition. The poem begins when a father is waiting outside for a train which will take him home. We know this as it says ‘My father travels on the late evening train’. Already by labelling the…

a disappointment to his colony.. He is even put on trial for his (deviance) or mistake. After venturing to the city with the permission of princess Atta and mistakenly brought back warrior bugs, Flik consider himself to be a disappointment. He thought it was not worth fighting to change his label because the colony had already seen him as a failure.…