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1984 By George Orwell Analysis

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Freedom Is Slavery The George Orwell novel “1984” was written in 1944 as a futuristic novel depicting life in the country of Oceania. Life in Oceania is different than other countries. Oceania covers all of the Americans and the British Isles. The people of Oceania have a rough life as they are constantly being watched, and they have limited freedoms. In Oceania only two classes of citizens existed, the proles and the party. The people either worked for Big Brother or they worked under Big Brother, as they were not as powerful in their position. A huge part of life in Oceania is Big Brother. Life in this country was hard as the Proles had to battle Big Brother, the Thought Police and the technology used in Oceania. Big Brother is a government …show more content…

While a dictatorship is a form of government in some nations, just as monarchy or representative democracy is the form of government in others, dictatorships are seen by non-dictatorships as dangerous and cruel because of the way they tend to treat their citizens”( Kasza). Throughout the novel, Big Brother tends to keep the citizens of Oceania in line through the use of some rather intrusive services. To maintain its desired level of power and control, Big Brother used specific devices and services to keep surveillance over the people of Oceania. Using telescreens and a division of Big Brother called the “Thought Police,” the government keeps a constant eye on the people of Oceania. The telescreens were described as: “Winston turned a switch and the voice sank somewhat, though the words were still distinguishable. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely”(Orwell 2). Telescreens are placed throughout the city of Oceania, invading every room of the citizens’ homes and businesses. These telescreens are used as televisions, but they can never be turned off. While the brightness can be turned down, the telescreens have a constant presence in the lives of the people. The telescreens were placed everywhere and eventually had to have an effect on the …show more content…

Winston Smith is an example of the effects the telescreens began to have on the community. He knew they were always watching him and he was truly never alone. When he started to notice this, he began to think about a rebellion more often. While the telescreens are used to monitor the actions of civilians at home or work, the Thought Police is another way of making sure they have the right intentions run through their mind. The Thought Police is made up of individuals in the community, but the people who are a part of the division are kept a secret so the citizens are unsure of the location of Thought Police. The reason the members are kept a secret is so that the civilians are filled with fear and do not attempt to act on bad intentions. Throughout 1984, Winston Smith starts to think about what life could be if there was no Big Brother. As he thinks more and more about what his life could truly consist of, he tends to act out on his feelings against the party. Winston later become more reckless with his actions as he visits Mr.Charrington’s store more often. He eventually buys a blank book which he uses as a diary to write down his thoughts on Big Brother and certain people he meets through his journey. Big Brother is motivated to keep power in their hands so they attempt to control the people in ways of using telescreens, the use of the thought police , and making the people filled

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There is no freedom of choice, thought, speech, or even happiness. This fictional setting is where the antagonist is winning. Winston Smith, knows that the totalitarian government, Big Brother, has no privacy policies. Tele-screens are placed everywhere and his every move is watched. This totalitarian government takes full control over a person, without them thinking for themselves.

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Individuals suspected of committing thoughtcrimes were detained, subjected to torture, and often murdered by the Thought Police. The Thought Police monitored residents' thoughts and actions through surveillance and psychological manipulation. “There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment.” (5) The central protagonist of 1984, Winston Smith, was too afraid to look at the telescreen that would be watching him.

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From Orwell’s novel, “1984”, it can be determined that his opinion on the most powerful means of control by the government would be the government’s use of fear to instill paranoia among the people. One powerful piece of corroboration for fear to paranoia would be Oceania’s obvious, and constant, use of technology to fulfill this goal. Take, for instance, the telescreens. Because of their existence in every buildings’ rooms and corners, they can be easily used to keep an eye on party members, and if need be, used to track their location and arrest them. Winston experiences the surveillance inflicted by the government during one of his daily workouts,as right when he stopped trying in order to ponder the conspiracies surrounding the party,

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