Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR Essay
Topic 1: What warning does the novel carry for readers at this point in time about where their society is heading?
Introduction NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR 's society carries a warning to our society about where we might be heading. However I believe that we are already at a parallel with the society in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR . Taking the focus of the media it becomes very clear that our society is very similar to the one in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR if to a lesser extent. Looking at the media shows that the media have control over what we know and therefore what we think. Therefore who ever controls the media controls our thoughts, both here and in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR . By showing the similarities between NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR and our world through the media it becomes clear that our society is very closely related to that of NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR .
Control of our knowledge
The media controls our knowledge of the outside world. If we don 't listen to the news we don 't find out what is happening in other countries. The media can be very selective about what stories they broadcast; they will broadcast the news that they think the public will want to hear. An example of this in our world was the September 11 attacks. We heard lots of news about how approximately 7000 people died but we didn 't hear about: o The floods in India which killed thousands of people o The 32700(approx) people who died from hunger and curable diseases on September 11.
In NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR Ingsoc controls the media. They decide what the people need to know and so effectively control their knowledge. If the party says that Oceania is at war with Eastasia then for all the people know it is. This is also true if the party says that Oceania is at war with Eurasia. Effectively the media controls our knowledge we know what they choose to broadcast.
Control of media Every media group is controlled by somebody. Whoever controls it controls what is broadcast to
Topic 1: What warning does the novel carry for readers at this point in time about where their society is heading?
Introduction NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR 's society carries a warning to our society about where we might be heading. However I believe that we are already at a parallel with the society in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR . Taking the focus of the media it becomes very clear that our society is very similar to the one in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR if to a lesser extent. Looking at the media shows that the media have control over what we know and therefore what we think. Therefore who ever controls the media controls our thoughts, both here and in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR . By showing the similarities between NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR and our world through the media it becomes clear that our society is very closely related to that of NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR .
Control of our knowledge
The media controls our knowledge of the outside world. If we don 't listen to the news we don 't find out what is happening in other countries. The media can be very selective about what stories they broadcast; they will broadcast the news that they think the public will want to hear. An example of this in our world was the September 11 attacks. We heard lots of news about how approximately 7000 people died but we didn 't hear about: o The floods in India which killed thousands of people o The 32700(approx) people who died from hunger and curable diseases on September 11.
In NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR Ingsoc controls the media. They decide what the people need to know and so effectively control their knowledge. If the party says that Oceania is at war with Eastasia then for all the people know it is. This is also true if the party says that Oceania is at war with Eurasia. Effectively the media controls our knowledge we know what they choose to broadcast.
Control of media Every media group is controlled by somebody. Whoever controls it controls what is broadcast to
Bibliography: New Internationalist Nov. 2001 "Twin Terrors" New Internationalist Apr. 2001 "Megalo Media" NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR George Orwell Peace Courier Nov/Dec 2001