1984 Analytical Essay

1984, by George Orwell, is a sci-fi novel set in a dystopian world, where orthodoxy is unconsciousness. This novel saves readers time by helping readers learn about what horrors could happen to the world if civilization approved censorship. In the novel, Winston’s job is to censor media that contradicts the government’s lies. Winston Smith has rebelled, has gained consciousness, and has thrown out his orthodox suffering. Winston has broken through the Catch Twenty-Two–one cannot rebel without consciousness and cannot be conscious without rebelling. The harsh themes created by George Orwell in 1984 teach readers that Orthodox is unconsciousness, one cannot gain consciousness without rebelling, and one cannot rebel without consciousness; These

“Closing the door is supposed to open some/inward source,” he starts, “...It's a stroke of luck when traditional/wisdom so matches the turning of the season” (Waldrop 1-5). In the first entry, the narrator begins with a bold statement: The closed door of the past month should bring new wisdom, however, that is not how wisdom works. Wisdom, like consciousness, cannot be discovered when change happens. However, both wisdom and consciousness arrive through time: “A God is born. Some other gods died. Truth/has neither come nor gone, only the Error has changed./We now have another Eternity,/and the world is no better off than it was” (Waldrop 75-78). Now, in the eighth entry, the narrator reflects on Christmas. As Winston did, the writer has found freedom and consciousness in writing, in rebelling through their own

In a trip into his mind: “The house of sin was dark and mean,/With dying flowers round the doors” (Orwell 13-14) The narrator's passion for an agonizing life is like a religion to him, even calling his mind a “house of sin” compared to the opposite “house of god”. His orthodox beliefs trap him within his rotting, decaying mind. However, he suddenly changes: “I turned into the house of God” (Orwell 32) When the narrator finally breaks free, the tone of the poem changes, along with himself; the narrator sees a light and without his orthodoxy to pain, he is conscious. This poem provides a solution to the main issue of 1984, how to become conscious without being caught rebelling, one must realize one's suffering. As the title suggests, this change is only to a lesser evil, every choice is somewhat malicious; just like Winston's change in 1984, he does not choose a good side by rebelling against Big Brother, but only a slightly better one. Antonio Machado's poem “Traveler, there is no Road” presents a path devoid of evil, an uncarved path waiting to be traveled. Without a path ahead, “your footprints/are the only road, nothing else” (Machado