Winston Smith

present in Orwell’s imagined utopia, Oceania. In his critically esteemed novel, 1984, George Orwell creates a perverse utopia in which totalitarianism thrives and the ruling power vanquishes the social rights of civilians. The dystopian novel follows Winston, the thirty-six-year old protagonist of the story, and his journey to survive under the Party’s rule in London. The nominal leader of Oceania, “Big Brother”, serves as a symbolic figurehead of dominance and control under the Party’s…

'1984' forms the title for a 1949 novel by George Orwell. The novel, set in the province of Oceania depicts dystopia in theme and is packed witch culturally significant predictive lessons to the current and future generation. Dystopias pose the worst-case scenarios to everyday life, therefore, criticizing current trends, societal norms, and political systems. '1984' is set in a futuristic environment. '1984' depicts a world with endless war, vigilant surveillance, and opportunistic political…

the relationship between Winston and his wife Katherine, and between Winston and Julia. The government of Big Brother tries to destroy the idea of love and marriage forcing people to focus on Big Brother. This society also uses a spy network to keep the people in check and to make sure that no one is going behind their backs and…

The Shadow Lines discusses the effects of fear on memory, the connection between the past and the present in narrator’s own identity, the life story of an Indian boy there and in London. The crucial and historical events like communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka, World War II, Partition of India, and Swadeshi Movement that occurred in 1980s are recalled by the narrator and these memories traumatize the narrator. The aspect of cosmopolitanism is found in the character of Ila. The protagonist is…

that Orwell envisions through the eyes of the protagonist, Winston. His personal tendency to resist the stifling of his individuality, and his intellectual ability to reason about his resistance, enables the reader to observe and understand the harsh oppression that the Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police institute. Whereas Julia is untroubled and somewhat selfish, interested in rebelling only for the pleasures to be gained, Winston is extremely pensive and curious, desperate to…

amount of time, depending on if it is an Inner or Outer party member. Even if the TV is off and the party member is finally out of way of the camera, the Thought Police can place secret microphones around the houses that hear everything. For example, Winston and Julia were exposed by a secret microphone and telescreen hidden behind a picture frame in an antique shop, “The picture had fallen to the floor, uncovering the telescreen behind it” (Orwell 231). Due to the telescreen and microphones, no…

George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel 1984, rebellious Winston views the totalitarian government of Oceania as constantly removing society’s freedom and mentally enslaving them to maintain control. Throughout his difficult conflict between himself and the government, he seeks out many other rebels and experiences an illegal love affair, yet he becomes paranoid of the cruel government arresting him for his crimes. Initially, Orwell portrays Winston as a secretly rebellious ministry worker. At…

The start of the novel Winston Smith goes to part of a city where the “Proles” live. While he’s among the Proles Winston goes to an antique store in the prole district and comes along to find a beautiful old looking paperweight. The store owner Mr. Charrington describes it as “a beautiful little thing” (84). The paperweight is meant to symbolize many of events and things that happen to Winston such as Winston's hopes and dreams and his future with him and Julia. He wants things to be normal…

I believe John Cheever wrote The Enormous Radio, to show how the effect of secrecy affects the person, and a relationship. On how the radio effect Irene being the person and her marriage. And in three paragraphs I’m going to prove my point. The first sign that shows how Irene was being affected, was when she got up out the bed at night to get her son water. But afterwards, goes into the living room to listen to the radio and hears a conversation from a middle-aged couple discussing something,…

Big brother is a power that forced fear and protection over all of Oceania. The party which is the inner works behind big brother helps keep everybody in a straight line and not stray away from what the party says is so. Big brother has been made the face of fear and tyranny and has enforced a lot of unfair laws on the people of Oceania. Some people think that in 1984 big brothers surveillance is as advanced as some of our technological appliances today. In today's modern world of technology I…