Humanity In George Orwell's 1984

The purpose of Newspeak is to control personal beliefs as this gives the government the ability to remove and limit thoughts that are aimed against Big Brother and its parties. One character in 1984, known as Syme, a worker in Oceania reveals to Winston that he is intrigued by Newspeak and complies with the system which allows the reader to see how citizens are indoctrinated. “It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words... You haven’t a real appreciation for newspeak, Winston … don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible because there will be no words in which to express” the juxtaposition of ‘’beautiful’’ and ’’destruction” demonstrate how Big Brother and the Ministry of Truth use their power to destroy the conventional way of life, but they believe it is essential for society to have complete order and be artificially constructed to create

A rebel is defined as “a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country”. Winston Smith has proven to be a rebel through his thoughts, words, and actions. He rebels against the principles of the ingsoc, takes action against the party, and survives in the Ministry of Love. All things considered, Winston Smith is objectively a hero because he fits the description of a hero given by George Orwell himself. Despite Winstons many flaws, his morals are in the right place, he fights for freedom and is willing to die doing

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing” (George Orwell 234). These three slogans in 1984 all center around power: “war is peace”, “Freedom is slavery”, “Ignorance is strength”. The government of Oceania’s goal is to keep the truth hidden from their people. It’s all about what the government wants their people to know and what the citizens are supposed to think. The government wants control but not too much control to the point where people start asking questions and revolting.

Would Earth become a more efficient place to live under the authority of someone like Big Brother? In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the city of London is taken over by Big Brother and renamed to Oceania; citizens living under the authority of Big Brother live in constant fear as they are constantly controlled and ministered while forced to respect the Party. By analyzing the novel using a symbol, a motif, a theme, a conflict and reading the novel through psychoanalytic lens, citizens clearly suffer from the influence of the Party. Winston Smith despises the Party and desires the citizens of Oceania to obtain more privacy and freedom from Big Brother. Winston and Julia are in a light argument about the Party; Julia argues that the Party

In George Orwell’s 1984, the character O’Brien deceives the protagonist, Winston, by making it appear as though he is a friend, and then unexpectedly turns on him, subjecting Winston to torture to ensure he has power over all the people, demonstrating that the extent to which one will go in order to obtain power has no limits.

Although media is responsible for the longevity of totalitarian political systems, in 1984 the author, George Orwell, criticizes the influences of media in society because it has negative effects on youth, and supports the abuse of governmental power over citizens. Within the dynamics of the social environment, media is always present in life, being like parasites that live in people’s minds and feed from their ideologies. In other words, individuals are no longer allowed to regress in a kind of evolutionary scale of communication, and media discourse increases more and more. Consequently, governments take advantage of propaganda and do nothing more than expand the possibilities of political privileges, economic gains and social superiority

“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.” That is the Party’s slogan. The Party has brainwashed their citizens to believe that they should not feel anything except hate, do anything except for their jobs, and support Big Brother. Big Brother is teaching the small rebels to go against the one thing they should love the most, their parents, and go with Big Brother. In Wall-E they are only communicating through technology, and they only teach the kids the alphabet by ads! The advantages and development of technology are facilitating the government control their citizens.

The people are in hunger while the government is full. Posters and chants brainwash the people to believe in things regardless of their personal beliefs. Such phenomena are often observed in communist or totalitarian systems of government and these governments are able to produce such consequences with propaganda. In his novel, 1984, George Orwell aptly reflects totalitarianism and warning the readers of its dangers. Orwell envisions a fictional world, Oceania, in which the people are screened and society is ruled by an omniscient figure known as ‘Big Brother’.

If the proles and the outer-party members conspire together there would be a mass of people to revolt, and people to lead that revolution. In opposition to this theory, Big Brother has manipulated the outer-party into believing that the proles are less of humans; thus, a social gap between the two classes was created. The people of Oceania are being restricted from communicating between classes. Big Brother forced the outer-party members to act completely loyal to the principles of INGSOC, making it seem as if any one of them could report a prole to the thoughtpolice. Both social classes are frightened by the other, and little do the people of Oceania know, they are doing

Affinity of Human Nature and Psychological Torture in George Orwell’s 1984 In the novel 1984, Orwell depicts a society in which the entire people conform to one looming belief. Through the character of Winston, Orwell presents us with a figure to exhibit the important qualities of human nature. Winston’s unique nonconformity in this dystopian society lead to a string of psychological torment inflicted upon him, which eventually molds his thoughts to Party ideals. Winston’s psyche becomes completely stripped from him, resulting in the susceptibility of his mind to be conformed to any desired belief. Human nature requires one to hold beliefs in order to function in daily life (A Treatise).

Dystopian societies create a way of life that no one would ever want to be a part of. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and George Orwell’s 1984, the two dystopian worlds are decrypted. The populations prove to have the same mission, and that is to diminish all individual thought. Both novels accomplish this goal in different ways, but along the way we discover that nothing is ever perfect, not even the human mind. In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the control of knowledge is what runs through the veins of the government, burning books is the chosen method to eliminate the past and control the future.

The book 1984, by George Orwell, gives an eerie vision of a futuristic society with a totalitarian entity, who controls the nation of Oceania. In this society, no one has freedom and the government controls everybody with technology and power. Orwell’s book showed me how horrifying society could be if a government could attain an immense amount of power through technology in order to control everybody 's life. In his book, Orwell introduces The Ministry of Love, The Thought Police, and Big Brother. These all-knowing entities constantly observe the public 's movements, speech, and their writing with cameras and monitors.

Oceania from George Orwell’s 1984 is meant to be a utopian society, a community with near perfect qualities. Somewhere along the way, something went horribly wrong, and the leaders of Oceania became evil, and had to think of a plan to keep the citizens under control so that they could keep the peace. To those that are brain washed, life is treating them well. The brainwashed believe that the society is a utopia, but in reality it is the opposite; a dystopia. Throughout 1984 Orwell uses heavy symbolism, and also conflict to push the plot along, but also the characters.