1984 George Orwell Dystopia Analysis
Governments with unlimited power will eventually destroy humanity itself.
The characteristics of human beings are deliberately stripped away by the government, leaving Winston as the last representation of humanity.“The definition of humanity is the entire human race or the characteristics that belong uniquely to human beings” (“Humanity”). Intelligence, independence, and intimacy are three characteristics that are associated with human beings. In the novel, the totalitarian government had eliminated these characteristics of the people in this dystopian society. Orwell’s dystopian novel has such a depressing mood to it because it reflects the author’s own life. Orwell was a constantly ill man, experienced many wars and lived the end of his …show more content…
Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh? I don’t bear her any grudge for it. In fact I’m proud of her. It shows I brought her up in the right spirit, anyway” (Orwell 256). Parsons’ little daughter had denounced him of committing thoughtcrime. She had her father sent to the Ministry of Love, where he will be tortured and later vaporized. The daughter values the Party more than her own father. However, Parsons is proud of her at the same time. Family relationships have been terminated because the daughter only saw her father as a traitor to the government. “We have cut the links between child and parent, and between man and man, and between man and woman” (Orwell 292). Not only did the Party destroy the relationship between a child and parent, but all connections have been put to an end. “But in the future there will be no wives and no friends. Children will be taken from their mothers at birth, as one takes eggs from a hen. The sex instinct will be eradicated” (Orwell 292-293). Another type of intimacy that the government is trying to destroy is sex. Currently, sex is only reserved for the creation of new Party members. In the future, O’Brien explains how the government will ultimately “eradicate” the sex instinct. The reason why the Party is so concerned is because the only person that people should love is Big Brother.
The characteristics of human beings are deliberately stripped away by the government, leaving Winston as the last representation of humanity.“The definition of humanity is the entire human race or the characteristics that belong uniquely to human beings” (“Humanity”). Intelligence, independence, and intimacy are three characteristics that are associated with human beings. In the novel, the totalitarian government had eliminated these characteristics of the people in this dystopian society. Orwell’s dystopian novel has such a depressing mood to it because it reflects the author’s own life. Orwell was a constantly ill man, experienced many wars and lived the end of his …show more content…
Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh? I don’t bear her any grudge for it. In fact I’m proud of her. It shows I brought her up in the right spirit, anyway” (Orwell 256). Parsons’ little daughter had denounced him of committing thoughtcrime. She had her father sent to the Ministry of Love, where he will be tortured and later vaporized. The daughter values the Party more than her own father. However, Parsons is proud of her at the same time. Family relationships have been terminated because the daughter only saw her father as a traitor to the government. “We have cut the links between child and parent, and between man and man, and between man and woman” (Orwell 292). Not only did the Party destroy the relationship between a child and parent, but all connections have been put to an end. “But in the future there will be no wives and no friends. Children will be taken from their mothers at birth, as one takes eggs from a hen. The sex instinct will be eradicated” (Orwell 292-293). Another type of intimacy that the government is trying to destroy is sex. Currently, sex is only reserved for the creation of new Party members. In the future, O’Brien explains how the government will ultimately “eradicate” the sex instinct. The reason why the Party is so concerned is because the only person that people should love is Big Brother.