1984 Warning Signs

The Warning Signs of 1984 Eric Arthur Blair, also known as George Orwell, made one of the more brilliant and questionable books of the 20th century. Orwell lived through a time of new political movements and mass destruction of World War II. Communism, fascism, and the idea of a totalitarian government concerned Orwell, and also had a big influence on his novel 1984. In this novel, Orwell tries to show the readers what the dangers of a Totalitarian government really are, attempting to prevent it from happening one day. Orwell wrote this novel when communism began rising. He wanted to inform people of his opinion, which he was never shy about doing in the past. Communism was a ruthless form of government, and the most ruthless communist leader
He was completely against these forms of government and wanted a way to express this view and make the people aware of what a totalitarian government could really do. The main fascist/communist country of his time period was the Soviet Union run by the ruthless leader, Joseph Stalin. Stalin’s form of government was a dictatorship, where he ruled the people and the people had no say. When people such as farmers attempted to resist Stalin, he would take everything they owned including their crops which killed off millions of people (Crowley, Parker). This is what communist Stalin perceived to be the best way to run a country. If people attempted to disobey Stalin and his government, he would simply kill them off because he believed that he knew the best way to run a nation and did not want anyone to threaten his ideas. Throughout the entire novel of 1984, Orwell is stating ways that a totalitarian government will destroy any nation. This book was strongly based off of Orwell’s real life political views. The totalitarian government in 1984 mirrors the communist government of Russia in the 1940’s. Orwell’s main goal of this book was to show his political views towards communism. A totalitarian government is a government in which all decisions and authority is done by the state and the people have no say. This form of government is shown in 1984, “BIG BROTHER IS
In 1984, this is exactly what Winston Smith was doing. In reality, this was how Orwell felt in his head attempting to fight a battle against communism. Orwell was a socialist who wrote many things about being against communism, which not many have. Winston also writes in his diary about being against the party: “diary open -- DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER,” (Orwell, pg. 20). In 1984, Winston talks about how he works on at a speakwrite machine, which forces people to believe things that only the government wants them to believe, this is also how communism worked. During the communist era, there were many propaganda posters promoting communism and scaring people. This is similar to the posters that state “Big Brother is Watching You” (Orwell, pg. 2) in 1984. Winston and George Orwell are similar in many ways, considering Orwell did base his novel relatively off of himself. In the real world, Orwell was sick for a lot of his life with lung complications, and eventually died from tuberculosis (Rossi). In 1984, Winston is also sick with a nagging cough and a “varicose ulcer above his right ankle,” (Orwell, pg. 1). Orwell, like Winston, wanted so badly for people to understand the consequences of this form of government. Orwell was slightly more straight forward with his viewpoint on the communist government, while Winston kept it all to