Totalitarianism In 1984

“1984” is a fiction novel about totalitarianism and the fate of a single man who tried to escape from an overwhelming political regime. The book was written by the British writer and journalist George Orwell in 1948 and had the Soviet Union as a prototype of the social structure described in it.Events in the book take place in London, a capital of Airstrip One, which is a province of the state of Oceania. The year is 1984 and the world is engaged in an endless omnipresent war. The political regime called Ingsoc (a misspelled abbreviation for English Socialism) constantly seeks out ways to control the minds and private lives of its citizens. The regime is run by the Party, headed by a half mythical Big Brother. The main protagonist

People are obliged to express hatred towards Goldstein’s image on the screen. During one of these periods, Winston fixates on O’Brien – a member of the most powerful Inner Party. For some reason, Winston imagines that O’Brien could be one of the leaders of the Brotherhood. He wants to talk to him, and he even has a dream in which O’Brien’s voice says: “We shall meet at the place where there is no darkness.” After the last Two Minutes Hate, he received a note from a girl named Julia that reads “I love you.” Julia is a member of the Anti-Sex League, so at first Winston treats her with mistrust, and he even considers her to be a member of the Thought Police. However, she manages to prove to him that she hates the Party too and they start a love affair. Eventually, Winston and Julia get arrested. They are held separately, tortured and interrogated. Winston is beaten by the jailers and he is forced to confess to various crimes, legitimate and fictional. But still, the physical pain is nothing for him, compared to the shock that he experiences when he meets O’Brien and finds that he is a loyal servant of the Big

Winston resists and he declares that despite the fact that, under torture, he has betrayed everything he valued and believed in, there is one person that he is still devoted to – Julia. But here, Orwell depicts the Party’s endless possibilities to monitor the thoughts of each citizen in Oceania. The Party knows exactly what Winston fears most, though it is a secret for Winston himself. O’Brien puts a swarm of rats in front of his victim’s face and, driven to panic and horror, Winston finally cries: “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off and strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!”The novel ends with a description of how Winston is sitting in a cafe, drinking gin. He sees Julia every know and then but they dislike each other greatly. Big brother has