My question is what world view does 1984 represent? Generally speaking, The book 1984 represents a dystopian world view. While it can be an utopian for a small group of people which is members of the inner party. According to the Oxford Dictionary, “dystopia is An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one” And utopia is the opposite of dystopia, which a perfect world. In 1984, people from outer party and proles put all the effort into the work but are constantly struggling with daily consumption goods. Even though machine is invented which can increase the productivity, the general standards of living of low-class people has still not been improved. This is because members …show more content…
Therefore, from party’s perspective, they feel it is urgent to prevent people from destroying the hierarchical society they live in. And they succeed in finding a suitable way, that is the war. By claiming war with another country continuously, party has an official excuse to pronounce food rationing on residents and to destruct the products of human labour instead of distributing them. Also, it makes people believe it is natural for party to have the highest authority and power. One of my sources says, “the “proles” are free to think whatever they want, but they are slaves of their own ignorance, they are slaves of the present.” This is to say, because of the shortage of the consumption goods, proles are busy working to meet the basic needs of living, they only focus on the immediate interest in front of them but they are not aware of their indestructible power and the belief to rebel against the small group of dictators. They lack of class consciousness and the a sense of social justice brought by rebellion This can also be proven by Winston’s diary, he wrote, “Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they connot become concious.” (Orwell,