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George Orwell's 1984: A Dystopian Society

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A state, country, or world can be either a dystopian or utopian society. One thing that a person desires the most is the power over people or objects. However, today it will be having power over people. A dystopian society is a dehumanizing and a manipulation of a society. A utopian society is exact opposite- it describes a society that is perfect and peaceful. The establishment of a dystopian and utopian society dictate the strength of controlling, quality of life and successfulness. George Orwell describes a dystopian society in the book 1984 by setting up a Thought Police department and vaporization as the consequence. The job of the Thought Police is to constantly monitor the thoughts of the people of Oceania and making sure that no
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The fiction novel 1984 written by George Orwell is based on a place that is perceived to be a utopia but in reality it is really a dystopia. In the literature the citizens are made to seem as if they do not know what is going on in their society. Their ignorance is equivalent to them being brainwashed. In the novel there is one family named the Parsons who are blindly following Big Brother just because they do not know anything. In the story Mr. Parsons was thrown into prison because his daughter caught him talking about Big Brother which in this story is known as thoughtcrime.

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Well, it´s halfway over. The Holiday Rush, the cooking the cleaning, the over-flow of relatives and friends...  Today, people are setting up their new appliances, furniture, and half-priced nick nacks around their houses and tending to their aching muscles and bruises caused by drop-kicking other shoppers on Black friday.   Now, comes the less life-threatening rush of Cyber Monday.  People are dusting off their keyboards and bookmarking their favorite online stores, patiently waiting for the precise moment to pounce. By this coming Tuesday, the maddness will finally be finished.

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1984 depicts the circle of submission a citizen, or “comrade,” of a totalitarian government experiences. From Orwell’s numerous rhetorical devises, themes and plot outline it is clear the purpose of 1984 is to enlighten the reader to the dangers of a totalitarian government. Orwell was known to detest the notion of totalitarian governments and even assisted in wars to prevent them. From a minor amount of background information on Orwell combined with a basic understanding of rhetorical devises the reader can infer that Orwell is most likely addressing the rising existence of totalitarian governments of his era. Throughout the later sections of 1984 Orwell alludes to the Soviet empire and Nazi Germany.

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The book continues with an encounter between Winston and his neighbor, Mrs. Parsons. Mrs. Parsons asked Winston for assistance as her apartment sink was backed up and her husband was not available to unplug it. The Parsons’s unhealthy family dynamic was thoroughly described from Winston’s point of view. The mother was careful not to discipline her children too much for she could be betrayed by her family. The kids were vicious and were described as “ungovernable little savages”.

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An utopia is a place that is perfect and everyone in society follows the set rules. This is the complete polar opposite of a dystopia, which is a place where people are controlled with an illusion of a “perfect society”. For an example in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, citizens of Oceania are under steady surveillance with the use of telescreens. They have become ignorant to the oppressor’s, the Party, power and comply with their reign of power. Also, in Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, “Harrison Bergeron” society is seen as an utopia.

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An Oppressive Government George Orwell talks about the dangers that can occur with an oppressive totalitarian government. He documents life under a controlling government party referenced to The Party and Big brother. He discusses the lack of privacy of the citizens and the result and consequences of committing crimes. During the time period of the late 40’s the government used telescreens in order to surveillance the people at all times. “ On coins, stamps, on the covers of books… everywhere.

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1) “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy” This is at the time when Winston was looking at marvels as well as a children’s history book at the Party’s control of the mind. This quote explains one of the main themes of the story;manipulation.

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Joseph Goebbels once said,”Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their freewill”. This statement is proven to be true in 1984. The author, George Orwell, creates a fictional dystopian society in which the population is manipulated into thinking they live in a great world, whereas the government has full control over them. In 1984, George Orwell’s prime message, supported by the article called Liberty in North Korea by Hae Re, was the lack of individualism gives power to the applicable leader, which is conveyed using the characters speech and symbolism. Orwell’s dystopian society showed the author 's message through what a character was saying and symbolism.

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Dystopia angrily challenges utopia 's fundamental assumption of human perfectibility, arguing that humanity 's inherent flaws contradict the possibility of constructing perfect societies, except for those that are perfectly hell-like. Dystopias are exclusively fictional, that presents forbidding, tyrannical societies with the moralistic goal of preventing the horrors they point

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In 1949, a man predicted the domination of citizens by the totalitarian government and their custom of technologies to dictate the society. His name is George Orwell, a well-known British author, who wrote one of the most famous dystopian novels, 1984. The novel 1984 illustrates the totalitarian society and the life of Winston Smith, who works at the Ministry of truth and his humiliation by the party of the country, Oceania. George Orwell’s exaggeration and mockery of the totalitarian governments in the novel 1984 is now turning out to be one of the nightmare come true in our modern society.

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“Language is power… Language can be used as a means of changing reality.” -Adrienne Rich. In 1984, George Orwell persuades the main character, Winston Smith, by using the other characters to help convince him to agree to the beauty of destroying language. Orwell effectively persuades Winston by using rhetorical appeals and devices.

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Totalitarianism in 1984 and the Real World The concept of a totalitarian society is a major theme throughout the novel 1984. This theme of totalitarianism can also be applied to the world today. The definition of totalitarianism, a concept used by some political scientists, is a state which holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible. Totalitarianism can be related between the novel 1984 and current events in the real world. George Orwell incorporated the theme of totalitarianism into his novel 1984 to display the ever changing world around him during the time it was written.

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Fahad Alrebdi Mr. John Smallwood ENG4U September 6, 2014 Julia and Winston In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell presents the protagonist, Winston Smith and his lover Julia in Oceania, under the rule of Big Brother. Under this totalitarian regime, both characters are Party members. Winston works in the Records department of the Ministry of Truth while Julia works in the Fiction department of the Ministry of Truth.

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In 1984, George Orwell writes about a dystopian society called Oceania with a totalitarian government. Winston, the main character, is an Outer Party member and works for the government who is under the rule of “Big Brother” and the Inner Party. The Party’s purpose is to rule Oceania with absolutism and have control over its citizens by using propaganda, censorship, and the brainwashing of children. Today, many modern-day countries use these techniques to maintain their power including: North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Nazi Germany. First, North Korea and Oceania use propaganda to encourage patriotism to make themselves look better to citizens in order to keep a totalitarian rule.

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Our history or our past is what defines our existence in the present. It decides what measures we should take to safeguard our future. Through history we identify with who we are, where we come from and what defines us as a person. Take our history away from us and we are left alienated and confined to a world that is meaningless. George Orwell 's novel 1984 is a 20th century political novel, that depicts a dystopian society built on a totalitarian ideology.

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