Symbolism In George Orwell's '1984'

George Orwell’s 1984 shows how a powerful authoritative government can influence citizens who know right from wrong go down the wrong path. The rigid setting of Oceania is a powerful, controlling government. A conflict develops between Winston, Julia and Big Brother helps the reader to see how powerful the government is. The separation between Winston and Julia helps show how influential Big Brother is.
How Winston acts is directly impacted by the setting of Oceania. When Winston goes to help Mrs. Parsons fix her sink he recalls children being called heroes for informing the Thought Police that their parents are not thinking like they should. “[H]ardly a week passed in which ‘The Times’ did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak - ‘child hero’ was the phrase generally used -

Although his setting was completely wrong, he was not wrong on a lot of it. Orwell believed this is what society would look like if the government controlled everything. He believed that there would constantly be wars, everyone would be told how to live their life, the government would always be watching, and no one was ever safe from themself or anyone else. In some ways he was right. There always appears to be a war somewhere, although America is not always at war with another country, people are at war with each other. In 1984 it is Oceania versus Eastasia, but today in 2018 it is democrats versus republicans, brother versus brother. Today, no one is told how to live their life. No one is told how to dress or what to say, but there is a stigma that in order to be “cool” there are certain qualities one must obtain. Then there is the government, are they always watching us or not. It all depends on what different people think. Right now there is not a lot of proof to suggest that, so Orwell was wrong on that point. Does this paragraph need quotes? Should it be moved to the 2nd