Readers are often angered by the ending of 1984 because of Winston’s betrayal of his previous life for the acceptance of the party. This is a semi-appropriate ending because of the impossibility of going against the party because of their total control of all people’s lives through the use of fear, which had not been accomplished by any authoritarian regime before the rise of the party. The novel’s ending was semi-appropriate because it stresses a society where all people are equal, but on the contrary makes it so that people must give up all of their freedoms and have all of their aspects of life controlled to conform to the standards of the society. The party controls people’s lives off of three founding philosophies “war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. (Orwell 26) War is peace refers to the fact that if the party always frames another enemy to direct all hate towards.
Justify through textual evidence. The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell stresses on the totalitarian regime of Big Brother and the Inner Party. In Orwell’s novel, 1984, he warns us about the mind control of Big Brother and how the power of the government is continuously rising over the lives of citizens by spying and using fear to diminish their freedom and ‘rectifying’ the past. There are three sacred principles of ingsoc, these are newspeak, doublethink, and mutability of the past. One of the issues raised in 1984 is the idea that history is mutable or changeable, that truth is what the Party deems it to be, and that the truths found in history are the bases of the principles of the future.
Similarly, the suppression is seen through the irony that the party uses to keep people under their control The memory hole, Winston thought he could use to store his memories was actually an incinerator. Big brothers are supposed to help younger siblings and take care of them which are the opposite of what Big Brother does. The situation where Winston believe that his friends Mr. Charrington and O’Brien were part of the brotherhood when they were actually working for the thought police the whole time. In brief, the suppression of individuality by extreme government control, in 1984 is that there is no way for the people of the outer party to ever gain freedom or form a rebellion. The author has used many different ways to show the power of the party throughout the book.
America with its advanced and sophisticated technology is not safe and secured from external attacks and other terroristic activities of its citizens. Gait Recognition and CC Camera Surveillances throughout the country cannot stop terrorist attack on Bay Bridge which kills more than four thousand people. Moreover, the failure of DHS (Department of Homeland Security) to maintain law and order and its wrong concept of taking every citizen as susceptible terrorist further increase terroristic activities by the frustrated and enraged people and prove itself as an agent of organized terrorism. Marcus Yallow and his technologically well-informed friends are the product of bad schooling and bad system of the government. Clever enough to trick the constant vigilance of school administration and its complete control; they become capable to threaten DHS and even the government.
Document 3 also shows the dark side of the Electoral College. It shows that bribery from the candidates to the electors could be used to secure their votes. This obvious corruption alters the system to a point where the voters may as well not have even voted. Since their votes are almost completely disregarded, it is almost as though they did not even vote in the first place. Document 7 talks about unnecessary use of military force on the nation’s own citizens.
Both the text 1984 and the film V for Vendetta are satires that criticize humanity, society, and individual thought. Orwell and Brothers both make an effort to criticize each of their government’s practice of manipulation. For example, “Ignorance is Strength” sheds light on the oxymoronic messages the government expresses that manipulate their people. It shows that the government wants people to be ignorant and not to second think their actions or what is being fed to their minds, particularly. Thereby, it makes the government superior and in control of what people know about itself, its affairs, and even what they know about themselves.
The telescreens not only can watch the citizens, but they can also listen to what he or she is saying. Hidden microphones are often placed around the city to hear conversations as well. Winston and Julia had to be sure no microphones were hidden about in the areas they were occupying so that the Party would not figure out their affairs. Also, Thought Police agents go undercover and pose as normal citizens to help catch curious people that they believe have taken part in thoughtcrime. Mr. Charrington, the owner of the antique shop, was an undercover Thought Police agent who caught Julia and Winston in their secret room they rented out above his shop.
English 10 G 21 March 2012 Physiological Criticism in 1984 In 1984, a novel by George Orwell depicts a society under the regime of a corrupt and oppressive government. This government treated the people with harshness and unfairness, that lead the people to depression and desire to look for solutions to overcome their problems. Pressure and stress in 1984 Oceania's corrupt government encourages depression and self-medication on various citizens like Winston and Julia who are looking for solutions to overcome their psychological traumas. George Orwell creates a dark, depressing and pessimistic world where the government has full control over the citizens’ lives in the novel 1984. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a lower-party member who has grown to resent the society he is living in and starts to lose his rationality and sanity due to the restrictions of society.
“If they could stop me loving you, that would be the real betrayal.” To what extent is the realm of human relationships important in 1984 society? Basic question -> to what extent are human relationships important in 1984 In nineteen eighty-four written by George Orwell, we are introduced to a totalitarian society ruled by a figure head leader called Big Brother. The poor “dingy” “cabbage smelling” living conditions and lack of privacy through telescreens and spies makes it incredibly hard for one to “stay human” and be able to think clearly, but the real corruptness in this civilization is that the people are living in a society without love and relationships. Big Brother is the leader of the 1984 society in London, the inner party are the ones with control and seise eliminate any passion or love towards any one other then Big Brother their “loving leader”. Without real love people turn their focuses on to other interests , they feel neglected and need another outlet to focus built up energy.
Monogamy is discouraged by the utopian society and considered improper “Four months of Henry Foster, without having another man…why, he’d be furious if he knew…” This restrains people from getting too emotionally involved and putting their loved one’s needs before the society’s needs. All this is to prevent strong emotion, inspired by family relationships, sexual repression, and delayed satisfaction of desire, which goes directly against stability. The controller’s explanation for how the World State has come in place is that there were a time before the existence of the World State, the instability caused by strong emotions led to disease, war, and social unrest that resulted in millions of deaths and untold suffering and