Winston Smith

Protagonist(s): Winston Smith: Winston is a thirty-nine year old man who is an outer party worker in the Ministry of Truth’s Department of Records. On his right ankle he has a varicose ulcer. He sees problems in the world and questions society. He takes many risks to discover truth, to be with his dear love, and to find a way to save society. Antagonist(s): The Party: The Party is the central power of the superstate of Oceania. It is divided into four Ministries: the Ministry of Truth, the…

to Oceania’s Ministry of Love. Orwell introduces the Ministry of Love in the first chapter, explaining how the department “maintained law and order” and “was the really frightening one” (Orwell 12). Winston experiences the nightmarish reality in the ministry later in the novel. O’Brien asks Winston, “...why do you imagine that we bring people to this place?” (Orwell 413). The reason O’Brien ultimately gives should strike fear in the hearts of all who love freedom and should serve as a dire…

The ever-growing possibility of the panoptic design and totalitarianism ideologies are shown entirely within the pages of 1984 by George Orwell. The mind within, is a trap. Imagine living within the dystopian society of 1984, where thinking is wrong. Big Brother is the trigger that catches all those who question Big brother. There is only one way to survive in a world where ideas are commonly practiced and enforced is to become one with yourself. Which boils down and leaves but one choice, trust…

President John F. Kennedy once said “conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” The concept of conformity and individuality is clearly illustrated in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. Like most dystopian societies, Fahrenheit 451 contains a damaged society in which the people watch excessive amounts of television on wall size sets, listen to music on seashell radio sets, and drive extremely fast, not afraid to hit animals or people. The masses never think…

knowledge when writing 1984 and The Giver.By using fear to control the societies in both 1984 and The Giver, Orwell and Lowry are getting at the idea that society has to have the perfect balance of fear, otherwise society will be insensible. In 1984, Winston lives in a society where every action and thought is carefully monitored by the party, through the use of telescreens and the thought police. Everyone in 1984 lives in fear of the party because if they even have the slightest idea of…

“God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us,” these words of Machiavelli pertains to Anthony Burgess’ thoughts on the importance of free will. In the daunting novel, A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess uses the story to tell the audience that free will is a right to everyone and the government can’t take that away. The novel is set in an English town in the 1960’s. A Clockwork Orange is a blunt novel about Alex, a…

“When the majority of their brothers voted against them, they abandoned their ideas as all men must.” These are the words of a totalitarian society in which technology is slow. This is the world of Anthem a place where thinking can kill you and doing things independently can make you dangerous. The world of anthem views technology as an unnecessary and unlawful transgression. The world of Anthem is technologically slow. Their latest invention has been the candle which in this world was around 3…

Two Totalitarian Society In the book 1984, Orwell portrays a perfect totalitarian government. The Party forces the implementation of an invented language called 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…

them by sending messages and propaganda blaring through Telescreens. These telescreens cause people to live in such fear, and causes their knowledge to become so foggy that they believe whatever they are told. Firstly, at the start of the book, Winston makes the rebellious decision to write in a diary, an action which would result in severe punishment…

victory over himself. He loved Big Brother” (Orwell 298). Is it true victory, or has he just lost the most important battle? Winston has finally completed all three stages of becoming pure. He will soon be killed and taken out of his misery. The reader can only hope that the secret he had to keep hidden, even from himself, will reach the surface of his mind before he dies. Winston is the beacon of hope throughout the story. He shows that one can have his own ideas even when The Party is trying…