1984 Perfect Society

Can man build a perfect society? That is a tough question, there will never be a perfect society because, nobody is perfect we all have our own thoughts and beliefs. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, we see examples of becoming a perfect society. Other people may think it is possible to create and shape a perfect society whether it be by brainwashing, punishing, or even just living. 1984 is a novel about a man, Winston, who lives under the rule of another man, Big Brother, and under his rule, Winston is not allowed to explore and have his own thoughts. Thinking about the past, or the future is illegal in his society. Big Brother has made it impossible for Winston, or any other human living to think for himself. Therefore Big Brother has

A community or society possessing highly desirable or perfect qualities is what is considered to be a perfect society also called a Utopia. Surpassing all regular memories and thoughts could possibly be a huge factor in creating one. For example, Winston is not allowed to write down what he remembers from his job, which is changing historical documents to say something other than what actually happened. "Do you realize that the past, starting from yesterday, has been actually abolished? If it survives anywhere, it's in a few solid objects with no words attached to them, like that lump of glass there. Already we know almost literally nothing about the Revolution and the years before the Revolution. Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. I know, of course, that the past is falsified, but it would never be possible for me to prove it, even when I did the falsification myself. After the thing is done, no evidence ever remains. The only evidence is inside my own mind, and I don't know with any certainty that any other human being shares my memories. Just in that one instance, in my whole life, I did possess actual concrete evidence after

In 1984, History has always been changed to be whatever big brother wants it to be. “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth. "Who controls the past," ran the Party slogan, "controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. "Reality control," they called it: in Newspeak, "doublethink" (34). In the above quote, Winston believes that even a lie can become the truth and that is exactly what Big Brother has been doing to the society. In Big Brothers mind, changing history is making the people believe that it really happened and that shapes how everyone thinks and what and who they believe in and trust. Once again, in this scenario Big Brother has ultimate control and power of the