Compare And Contrast Essay On 1984 By George Orwell

For centuries, people have been trying to fit everything in our world into categories. By creating a hierarchy with these categories, people can put their favorite things into higher categories to prove that they are better than other work in that field. Literature, with a definition that is different for everyone, is normally kept in the category of well-done written work. This means that your grocery list or books that fall short of the standard of greatness necessary are not considered to be in this category. Yet, video games often have a well written story, but are left out of the category of literature because they aren’t written down work like novels are. Well done games can accomplish what a well written novel can, if not more. Video
Released in 1949, this novel is a social commentary for his time about or nationalism and censorship. His novel brings to light the problems with totalitarian government, which was seen in the Soviet Union and could be seen happening in the future. The story is about a world controlled by Big Brother and the Party who cast most people into an oppressed lower class. The protagonist, in the lower ruling class, feels like he is a hero as he secretly fights against The Party that is always watching him. Readers feel hope as he starts to have thoughts against the party, hoping that he will be the one to put an end to this awful regime. In the end, he is not a hero. He ends up betraying his love interest and falling back under control of Big Brother, having contributed nothing to the rebelling and making no change in his world. This story makes the reader feel shock and fear as they read about the conditions the people have to face and how at the end they are able to get the protagonist to crack and accept the Party again. They are powerless to change anything as they read, except for the way they think about things in their own world, leaving a lasting impression on