Dystopia In George Orwell's 1984

If humanity would be able to exist in a place where everything was perfect, there would be dire sacrifices. A utopia is defined as, “An imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More’s (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.” Compared to a dystopia, “A society characterized by human misery, as squalor, or oppression, disease, and overcrowding.” Utopias evolve into dystopias because no set society is ever totally perfect. There is always someone or a group of people who have set boundaries as compared to others. In George Orwell’s 1984 the inner party would be set as the high end side of the community whereas the outer party and the proles would be the slums. Another reason is that if humanity was able to live in a place with no issues we would lose essential emotions like sadness, anger, and disappointment which are some of the traits that make us human. For example, when the “utopian” communities of New Harmony along with George Orwell’s 1984 Oceania were formed they were based off of ideals. The ideals of abandoning the outside world, where some may not be accepted, where in the community of New Harmony they tried to focus on gathering other Germans. Confining them inside the community for a few months to see if they were able to become recognized members of the community, like

There will always be a high and low end of society never allowing total equality. In the ways of a community's language they should try to expand it as much as possible, broadening their own knowledge. For when it comes to the distribution of knowledge even in a utopia, there are forms of control limiting how much one is able to know. If someone was to seek a utopian society it may hold the ideals they promised, but it may also have rules which restrict them in other ways. Potentially demanding their citizens to maintain a certain lifestyle, profession, speech, or even limiting certain