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Symbolism In 1984 By George Orwell

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“We are different from all oligarches of the past in that we know what we are doing.” (Orwell, 1949, pg. 263) Winston lives in a totalitarian society where the government has all the power, or as they call it in Newspeak, Ingsoc. The party is called Big Brother. In our world we have places like North Korea, China, and Iraq that have a dictatorial system. The first leaders that have done dictatorial rule were Joseph Stalin or who people may know more, Adolf Hitler. In America, we have a democratic-republican government where the people get to choose and have a say in what goes on. They watch and monitor the citizens of Oceania with the telescreens they have in their homes. (On page 2 of 1984 Orwell quoted) “Big Brother is watching you.” This quote or slogan is used to intimidate the people it shows how much power the party uses. Giving the people fear is how parties and dictators, stay in power. We are under surveillance also. Anything with a camera or microphone can be intercepted into and be spied on. The work of the NSA and prism is what this symbolizes. …show more content…

4) Having the citizens think that there is war is how they keep the peace and spark patriotism towards one's country. But throughout the book Oceania is at war with a different place each time. In the beginning they were at war with Eurasia, then allies with them and at war with Eastasia, back to war with

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Oceania is constantly at war with either “Eurasia or Eastasia……. Oceania was at war with one of these Powers” (Orwell, 17). The use of the phrase “one of these powers” shows that members of the Outer Party aren’t exactly sure who Oceania is at war with which makes it easy to assume that there might not even be a war at all. The Inner Party attempts to prevent globalisation in fear that it will take away from their patriotism. Hate against the other continents is extremely exaggerated to the people of Oceania which allows them to dismiss any international integration, therefore dismissing globalisation.

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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes look deep into Winston's own. ”(Orwell 4) Evidence(Limited Freedom): Microphones are placed everywhere to listen and monitor people limiting their freedom. ”There were no telescreens, of course, but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized; besides, it was not easy to make a journey by yourself without attracting attention. ”(Orwell 148) Evidence(individuality): Big Brother controls your thoughts by replacing them with their This means individuality is no longer a thing as well as your self-expression.

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Brianna Mull English III Honors Mrs. Schroder 25 April 2018 Symbolism in 1984 Throughout time symbols have created a distinct association in our everyday lives. Examples of this, the color white represents purity whereas black represents death and or destruction. Literature uses symbols to portray underlying meanings. ln 1984 by George Orwell, the dangers of a totalitarian society are illuminated through symbolism based heavily on fear and destruction.

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The regime’s propaganda aims to manipulate its citizens actions, as it wants the population to think that Big Brother is present in all of their everyday activities. Posters featuring the phrase “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell 4) with the face of a man described as “[A] black-moustachoi’d face gazed down from every corner”(4) can be found throughout Oceania. The constant use of propaganda by the party, highlights the fact that 1984 displays a dystopian society. The thought of constantly being watched ensures that the citizens do not commit acts against the party as they will be known immediately.

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Even though Winston Smith’s life is filled with misery and pain in his totalitarian society, Orwell allows him brief of happiness and love. During this time, there is hope for Winston and hope for the future of this society. In the beginning of the book, we learn that Winston works for the government in the records department in the ministry of truth. While trying to escape Big Brother, he starts writing a diary which is a thought-out crime.

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Winston recognizes the oppressiveness of The Party. Within the first pages of the novel, Winston describes the Thought Police spying on all of the people of Oceania through telescreens: “Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it” (3). Big Brother is always watching him, among all the other people in Oceania. Big Brother is the wall in the way of Winston’s freedom. Winston later acquires a diary and knows that it is a crime punishable “by death, or at least twenty-five years in a forced-labor camp” (6).

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Though it may not have happened in the literal sense, Orwell's prediction of 1984 is metaphorically true in 2017. There are ways in which Orwell exaggerated his predictions, but there are much more ways in which he figuratively predicted the future. For example, the banning of sex, the discouragement of individuality, the thought police, and Big brother most likely will never exist in the literal sense, but the concept of each one is very much alive in our society. In "1984," Orwell writes about the government prohibiting intercourse and discouraging individuality.

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The war whether it’s fake or real helps the party oppress the people because the people are scared and want to be safe and stay alive. So if the party says the can help keep them safe, the people no matter what will give up what they have to in order to stay alive. As Well as the party uses rations and gives out few things the people need in order to keep them oppressed. Julia and Winston are both rebellious towards the party and go against the rules to overthrow the party and there both madly in love with each other. Both Winston and Julia are different because Julia doesn’t care about what the party does.

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The government of Oceania uses "Ignorance Is Strength" to keep their people limited to knowledge of their past, so that way the government can do what they like without the people questioning their power or what happens

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Analyzing Imagery in 1984 George Orwell, in 1984, uses different types of imagery to establish a dominant impression of the setting. Orwell creates a military vibe by using auditory imagery when he says, “the clocks were striking thirteen” (Orwell 3). The use of the word striking creates a beating alarming mood that creates imagery of the corrupt society explained by Orwell. When stating that its “striking thirteen” instead of one o’clock creates a negative mood because thirteen is typically an unlucky number. At the same time when Orwell uses military time it implies that Winston Smith 's society is very militant.

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Do you ever feel like you're being watched by the government?The novel 1984 by George Orwell is about a man named Winston that lived and a Society where the government called big brother’s stride to regularly every aspect of public and private life. In this novel the author Orwell Portray the perfect totalitarian society. The party controls all information and history of the town. The party also manipulated the minds of the children and the town. Big brother’s role and Oceania were to control any and everyone and the town.

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Numerous hypotheses hover around on why George Orwell chose the title of 1984 on his novel. Theories emerge saying the thought originated from his wife, others believe it came from adopting his son, Richard, possibly he was advised to title it 1984. Nobody has genuinely confirmed the purpose for it. Numerous hypotheses fair well however the one I associated most to and can expand on it was the theory spinning around his child and the future to come for his son Richard. At the point when the novel was solidly coming to firm shape, Richard was adopted by Orwell and his wife in 1944.

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George Orwell is quoting that power is all that Winston needs, but power is not what he has to destroy Big Brother. Winston's determination does not fail to keep him from protesting against the party. O’Brien begins to show images of Winston body to him to push his limits. Winston continues to blame him for the way his body looks due to the beating and torturing. O’Brien then states to Winston, “This is what you accepted when you set yourself up against the party.

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