Grace Edwards 4/4/23 Period 2 English 10 H 1984 Final The strength it takes to follow society is minimal, but the strength to create change is unbearable. In George Orwell’s 1984, Oceania is harshly watched and controlled by, what they call “the party” or “big brother,” a profoundly communist government that allows for no individuality or even freedom is thought/speech. Due to this controlling society, my advertisement allows Winston to promote awareness of the party’s power and control over everyone in society.
Irony is the expression of one 's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. In George Orwell’s 1984 there are four branches of government, known as ministries, that have names that mean the opposite. For example, in the Ministry of Peace they declare and conduct wars, and there is nothing peaceful about war. Along with the Ministry of Peace, there is the Ministry of Plenty, Ministry of Love, and Ministry of Truth, and through these ministries, the government, known as the Inner Party, has the power to make policies and control the Outer Party members. Behind this great power is Big Brother; the fictional leader who strips the party members of their freedom of action or expression and demands complete
In this passage Winston comes to the conclusion that the proles must be the ones to defeat the party, because the proles are much more powerful than they will ever realize. Winston’s logical nature and ability to reason is shown through his carefully calculated answer. “Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possible it might, it was inconceivable that its members could ever assemble in larger numbers than twos and threes.” There is irony in the fact that the rumored resistance movement is called the “Brotherhood”, implying comradery and gathering, but it’s alleged members will unlikely ever meet in large numbers. This inability to meet is what sets apart the proles from the members of the Party when regarding rebellion.
While discussing what would happen if they were to be caught by the Thought Police, Winston tells of vivid acts that they would do to get a confession out of the both of them. Winston tell Julia that “[he] confesses, they’ll shoot [her], and if [he] refuse[s] to confess they’ll shoot [her] just the same” (Orwell 166). Winston then goes on in grave detail about what he thinks goes on in the Ministry of Love, he guesses that they is “torture, drugs, [and] delicate instruments that registered [one’s] nervous reaction” so that the truth “could not be kept hidden” from them (Orwell 167). This powerful use of imagery creates a very ominous outlook of Winston’s and Julia’s future to come.
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.
Winston Smith records his thoughts in a diary is an expression of both independence and protest against 'Big Brother' as well as a means of , hopefully , communicating his thoughts and feelings to a future generation . 1984 was Orwell's interpretation of an over-bearing government that could take everything that makes one an individual to provide an overall feeling of stability at the cost of freedom and free thought. The diary is one of the only things Winston can really do to keep his own individuality without being openly accused of double-thought and thought crime As Winston begins writing in the diary, he commits his first overt act of rebellion against the Party; he creates a piece of evidence that exists outside himself. He is still
The novel describes the journey of Winston Smith as he rebels against the Party and tries to maintain his human qualities. By creating a totalitarian government in the novel 1984, George Orwell is able to express how important humanity is to not only Winston but also
The protagonist in the novel, “1984 by George Orwell”, is Winston Smith. Winston portrays his life in a way to understand and feel the horrible ways of a totalitarian society of Oceania. Winston was made as an ordinary man who tries to make his life better in a world gone wrong. The situation Winston is in is that he has discovered that he is not fond of the government and wants to go “Down with Big Brother”. He is faced with mouthfuls of pain and misery and struggles throughout his daily life, yet still is able to have some time for love with helps with the bad situation.
In the novel “1984” the main character, Winston lives in a dystopian society, Oceania. Winston is a part of the Outer Party and is one of the only members who decides to rebel against the government and their laws. There is no freedom and the citizens are constantly being watched. Anything they express, say, or do can be twisted and used against them. The book “1984” by Geroge Orwell the significant theme, words can be easily twisted, emerges in the first pages but refines later on in the novel.
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).
Winston, believing himself to be a simple, ordinary man, falls for a girl named Julia. Julia and Winston begin with a conflicting relationship. Winston believes that because of his previous actions in purchasing
George Orwell’s 1984 was published in 1949, and after 68 years, some people remark that Orwell’s novel made an accurate, terrifying prediction of society. However, ~380 BC, Plato managed to curate a dialogue about the human experience that, with utmost precision, nails the flaw of humanity that, in recent times, has been insidiously abused. This is impressive considering the strength the dialogue still has after the span of ~2,389 years. Because of how unambiguous yet concise the allegory is at portraying the faults in human perception, it it can be perfectly applied to the current issues of the agenda and ideological subscription. This could be best explained by pondering that there could be an entity in front of the fire, who had the ability to puppeteer concepts into the prisoners through the shadows of the flame.
In the book, George Orwell tells the story of Winston Smith, a man living under the watch of the government, otherwise known as Big Brother. Throughout the book Winston Smith, comes to find that Big Brother is in control of every thought that anyone ever makes, through the exploitation of
The fear for Winston comes when he starts to meet Julia around places and he’s scared they might get caught. So hes in an internal conflict to choose Julia or go revolt someplace else, but chooses Julia. The hate comes in the beginning because of the hatred he has for the party and he doesn’t seem to know how to ever fight back so he’s miserable because of the party. The love as well comes from Julia. Winston constantly wants to see her as if it would keep him sain.
In 1984, a dystopian novel written by George Orwell, proles are represented as being generally incompetent in the ability to think and rebel against their stolen rights. However, as the story progresses, Winston comes to a realization that proles are the only ones with the character of human beings and the strength to gain consciousness to overthrow the party. Through this characterization of the proles, Orwell satirizes the detrimental effects of Stalin’s totalitarian government in employing total control and perpetual surveillance of the people in USSR to maintain an established hierarchy. The nature of how the system views the proles is clearly visible through the treatment and description of the proles in the eyes of Winston.
