1984 By George Orwell: Theme Analysis

For my genre portfolio, I decided to pick the topic of control in the book 1984 by George Orwell. This task was designed to let us express our comprehension and understanding of that certain topic we chose, and how it specifically applies to the book. My task was more specifically design to demonstrate how control is an impactful component when it comes to creating the setting for the story. There were four categories with different tasks in each category. This allowed us to express our ideas in a varied way, though creative, business, academic, and personal genres.

Firstly, for my creative genre, I decided to make a collage that represented control theme in the book. The task was, to be able to represent the chosen topic in a creative way. In this way, I was able to simplify and compress all the ideas in a simple business sized paper. This collage was intended for readers and people studying this book, as it a representation of how the totalitarian government controls its people. The collage itself is made out of pictures that connect back to the theme that the government is always watching and controlling every personal and social aspect of humanity. This connects back to the thesis, where the totalitarian government controls and manipulates interpersonal relationships.

This brochure was intended to be a brochure that would be hand out in the book. In the book, newspeak was the language that the government wanted to adapt to. This is why I made this brochure, to demonstrate how the government will use language restriction as a form to control people’s thoughts and expressions. This connects back the thesis, where the totalitarian government uses language restriction as a toll for