Theme Of 1984 By George Orwell
1984
The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell contains multiple themes. George Orwell wrote the book to show the dangers of totalitarianism. Through that main idea, many other ideas stemmed. The themes often relate directly back to settings and occurrences in 1984. The themes that stand out the most are as follows; the idea that history only truly exists in our minds, human consciousness is not something that can be immediately controlled, and that people are not always what they say they are.
To begin, every day Winston goes to work in the Records department of the Ministry of Truth. Winston’s, and many others’ job is simply to alter past articles, newspapers, photographs, or anything else to make it appear as if the Party has always been correct. “And since the Party is in full control of all records and in equally full control of the minds of its members, it follows that the past is whatever the Party chooses to make it” (269). The only true form of history and events (even if the Party tells Winston he has made them up) exist in his mind and memory.
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There are even “thought police” to incriminate those who even begin to think about betraying the party. When someone is arrested, they’re sent to the Ministry of Love. Winston writes in his journal, “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death” (36). Although the Party can punish those who think a certain way, they can’t stop every one from independent thought right away. They are successful with some, but the amount of people taken, and disappeared by the Party proves that they cannot make a person truly think a certain way without force. They cannot alter someone’s brain at birth; everything people become in 1984 is through their environment. It is nurture over nature in this
The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell contains multiple themes. George Orwell wrote the book to show the dangers of totalitarianism. Through that main idea, many other ideas stemmed. The themes often relate directly back to settings and occurrences in 1984. The themes that stand out the most are as follows; the idea that history only truly exists in our minds, human consciousness is not something that can be immediately controlled, and that people are not always what they say they are.
To begin, every day Winston goes to work in the Records department of the Ministry of Truth. Winston’s, and many others’ job is simply to alter past articles, newspapers, photographs, or anything else to make it appear as if the Party has always been correct. “And since the Party is in full control of all records and in equally full control of the minds of its members, it follows that the past is whatever the Party chooses to make it” (269). The only true form of history and events (even if the Party tells Winston he has made them up) exist in his mind and memory.
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There are even “thought police” to incriminate those who even begin to think about betraying the party. When someone is arrested, they’re sent to the Ministry of Love. Winston writes in his journal, “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death” (36). Although the Party can punish those who think a certain way, they can’t stop every one from independent thought right away. They are successful with some, but the amount of people taken, and disappeared by the Party proves that they cannot make a person truly think a certain way without force. They cannot alter someone’s brain at birth; everything people become in 1984 is through their environment. It is nurture over nature in this