ending plays a very important role on the way it is perceived; for example‚ a novel could have a great plot and character development but having a dissatisfying ending will just make the reader want to toss it directly into the trash can. In his novel 1984‚ George Orwell manages to link the events throughout the novel into the most satisfactory ending I’ve read so far: Winston’s death. When reading the novel for the first time I thought O’Brien actually belonged to the brotherhood and was somehow trying
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Although technology‚ for the most part‚ is viewed as a positive thing‚ in George Orwell’s novel "1984"‚ technology is used to invade people’s privacy‚ and spread propaganda. Technology was used to control the population of Oceania. Every citizen’s thoughts and actions were monitored and analyzed for anything viewed as " anti-party ". The truth was altered to meet the needs of the party through such technologies‚ as newspaper presses‚ and speakers. People who were weeded out for anti-party thoughts
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In the book‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ Winston dreams portrayed a lot of his real life experience. Everything that happened to him in his subconscious most likely happened in the near future. Winston dreams told the readers what was going to happen before it even happened. For Instance‚ when he had a dream that he saw Julia in the Golden Country. Then‚ later on in the book Julia gave him directions to the golden country. The insight that is given is kind of like The Giver by Lois Lowry. In the giver
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In the book “1984” written by George Orwell in 1948‚ the proles are presented as an impoverished‚ powerless and massive group of people. Nevertheless‚ they are free‚ unlike the rest of Oceania. They are not checked by the Party on what they do and think; therefore the proles are the only ones able to take Big Brother down. First of all‚ the word ‘prole’ has to be defined. The word prole derives from the word proletarian which means ‘a citizen of the lowest class’. The book 1984 describes the proles
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support and empower people. Glittering generalities is a type of propaganda that uses an emotionally appealing phrase that is so closely related to highly valued concepts that it convinces people to believe it without evidence or reason. George Orwell’s 1984 follows Winston Smith‚ who lives in a totalitarian dystopia where all action is heavily monitored and the population is fed massive amounts of propaganda to keep them in line with the government and prevent rebellion. He begins to question the validity
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"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past" To what extent is this true in George Orwell’s novel 1984? In George Orwell’s novel 1984 it is seen through the constant destruction and falsification of records by the party‚ that the main character‚ Winston Smith and the people of Oceania are unable or struggle to form their own identity due to their own few fading memories of the past. Throughout Winston’s struggle to hold onto the past‚ the Party utilizes
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Can a civilization be founded based purely on hate‚ cruelty‚ and fear? Yes‚ it is possible. Looking at Orwell’s book‚ 1984‚ as well as historical‚ sociological‚ and sociopolitical evidence‚ it is conceivable for a civilization be founded based purely on hate‚ cruelty‚ and fear. Using these points and evidence‚ a civilization to be based solely on these attributes has occurred in 1984‚ historically‚ sociologically‚ and as well as in a sociopolitical environment. In a historical perspective‚ a civilization
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spirit. The dystopian society in which Winston Smith lives in the novel 1984 contains a government that has no problem brutalizing its citizens to achieve any goal they desire. If not successful in achieving this goal‚ the government of Oceania ‘vaporizes’ citizens and rids of any and all means of their existence. Yet‚ in the case of Winston Smith they were successful in this practice of automatizing. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ one can see the dehumanization of Winston Smith through the use of physical
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The visionary George Orwell once said‚ “During the times of universal deceit‚ telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” Winston Smith‚ the main character of the novel titled 1984 written by George Orwell‚ is a humanist who believes freedom should dictate the life of a society. He lives in a society called Oceania. This society is very similar to a North Korean society‚ where the government controls the city with a figure called Big Brother. This leader is a godlike figure to the society
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The Nature of Control Is it the common human nature to feel power over others? A totalitarian government seeks to utilize its message of confinement and authority to control the many aspects of life. In the novel 1984‚ Orwell portrays totalitarianism through psychological manipulation‚ physical control and the control of language. The totalitarian party manipulates and invalidates the minds of the outer party and proles. Orwell describes the surroundings of Winston‚ showing totalitarianism‚ writing:
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