Imagine waking up in a world with eyes on the community at all times. Every move made is noted. Every thought is inspected. In a narrative made in the 1940s, Winston Smith is being watched by the Party at his place of work and even at home. Yes, even in the bathroom. The Party has full authority over Oceania’s people, history, and language. In George Orwell’s 1984, this acclaimed novel demonstrates that a realm like Oceania’s is a dystopia because it lacks truth, meaning, and love.
A major dystopian element present within the plot is the absence of truth. Winston Smith spends his working days in the Ministry of Truth altering history, changing names, swapping dates, and destroying anything outdated. As the comrades of Oceania continue to live their lives, it is quickly being
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In Oceania, the idea of love is discouraged and misguided. The Party makes it their responsibility to dim down all sensations of love. Sex is depersonalized and there are no emotions involved: “She even used to remind him of it in the morning, as something which had to be done that evening and which must not be forgotten. She had two names for it. One was ‘making a baby,’ and the other was ‘our duty to the Party’” (Orwell, 59). Later, Winston meets Julia and learns that humans are capable of loving someone in an emotional and physical manner. All love is supposed to be reserved for Big Brother and the Party, but Winston’s mother loves her children to death. The Party has managed to eliminate the love and bond between families which is why the connections between parents and children are broken: “The children, on the other hand, were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police” (Orwell, 129). They soon hope that the idea of family is diminished and kids of the future will be raised in party