Oppression In 1984

In 1984 and “Harrison Bergeron”,complete faith in the government allows the government to implement practices from which the governors benefit, and not the ones governed. In the book 1984 by George Orwell, the people are governed by one ruling party, which controls all aspects of life and supported by almost all its citizens. The main character of the book is named Winston Smith and throughout the book, he begins to question the party and their doings. In the beginning Winston starts perform small revolts of his own, but as the plot progresses, his revolts become bigger and bigger. His biggest revolt was forming a sexual relationship with a woman, something that is strictly forbidden by the Party.

This is just like Winston he put his heart into Julia and everything was going good but then Julia betrayed him and he had no one after that. Julia gave all the right sign at first for her for Winston then when they were together for a long period of time the real her came out. Winston loves her to death and he tells her the word that all girls want to hear when they are in a serious relationship.

Betraying Winston means giving in to Big Brother and loving Big Brother more than Winston. Julia admits that she genuinely wanted the pain to be for Winston, so that it would stop for her. Her soul is nonexistent after being released from the prison, and she feels no emotion or love for Winston, only love for Big Brother. This crumpled her soul, and forced a Pro-Party mentality into an unwilling body. After making certain decisions against her society, she falls, and so does Lady Macbeth.

In his influential novel, 1984, George Orwell uses a myriad of literary techniques, including themes, imagery, and motifs, to characterize life in post-revolution Oceania; he contrasts monotonous diction and curt sentence structure with vivid diction to emphasize the incompatibility of the bleak landscape of the city with the curious, emotional landscape of the human mind. During this passage (the first three paragraphs of page 126), Winston and Julia finally meet up in a secluded, forested area, where they talk and have sex. Directly after the two wake up from their nap, they part ways, Julia leaving first and Winston twenty minutes later, as not to get caught together. Orwell depicts a calm mood in this scene by using peaceful diction.

(Orwell 233). Then a little bit later Winston asked “Who denounced you?” then Parsons said “It was my little daughter” (Orwell 233). This shows how The Party is taking advantage over people so they can have power to do what they want. When Julia and Winston were captured by O’Brien,who was a spy for the Party, he put them in separate rooms, questioned and tortured Winston so he would give up Julia and confess.

The idea that Julia seemed eager to hurt Winston mystifies the reader because before the ministry of love, they both would sacrifice themselves with alacrity. Somehow, the Party reformed Julia and Winston; in other words, the Party effectively manipulated their thoughts and emotions through the horrors of room 101. Julia knows she betrayed Winston, and even if she had the chance to change her actions during her interrogation and save Winston, she would indisputably betray him at every opportunity. For Julia, “all [she] care[s] about is [her]self,” but unfortunately, this closed and selfish mindset is conventional in the Party’s oppressed conformist society (Orwell 292). In Big Brother’s society, the most prevalent feature of human nature is self preservation, but the Party wants that “self” to instead be a drive to preserve the Party.

In the novel 1984, outward conformity is crucial to the survival of the citizens of Oceania. One character in particular who practices this extremely well is the main character, Winston Smith. He not only conforms outwardly, but also questions his society inwardly, due to the overhanging fear that Miniluv will find and torture him. Winston constantly questions Big Brother and all of the laws that the citizens of Oceania are required to obey while also inwardly questioning his forbidden romance with Julia. Without this rising tension throughout the novel, 1984 would lose its suspenseful tone and would easily lose the focus of readers.

George Orwell’s novel 1984 presents us two characters who are entirely different, but still complement each other entirely, the protagonist Winston and his love-interest Julia. Julia’s optimistic character highlights Winston’s fatalistic one. Winston believes he and Julia are compatible and can relate to each other because they share the same believes. They both detest Big Brother and want to rebel against the Party. While this is true, their similarities seem to end there.

Unlike Winston, whose actions and desires regard both himself and future generations, Julia’s actions stem purely from her own personal desires. By characterizing Julia as interested in individual freedom, Orwell emphasizes, again, the extent to which governments need to control their citizens in order to maintain power. By using these characters to highlight the control of the party, Orwell shows the dangers of totalitarian governments and the extremes to which they will go to maintain

As Winston is thinking about the Party and the society he lives in, he announces his realization: “‘We are the dead,’ he said. ‘We are the dead,’ echoed Julia dutifully. ‘You are the dead,’ said an iron voice behind them” (242). The repetition of “are the dead” brings an emphasis that this is the moment Winston and Julia are going to die; they are finally seized by the Party. This initial point of repetition brings a sense of urgency and fear; it builds suspense of wanting to know what will happen to Winston and Julia now that they are caught by the Thought Police.

One of the themes of 1984 by George Orwell is how it represents living in a dictatorship. There are many troubles that come with living in a dictatorship. In the book, everyone is ruled by a dictator called Big Brother. No one knows if he is real or not, but he makes all of the rules. An example from the book about dictatorship is, “Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull.

Meyall Michael Michael 1 Ms. Sheahan English ENG3U December 16th 2014 The Significance of Women In the books 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 women have a big impact. Women such as Montag's wife Mildred and neighbor Clarisse and in 1984 Winstons girlfriend Julia. These women not only change the plot of these novels but also changed the character of the protagonists which are Winston and Montag.

Rebellious Rage: Julia and Winston Rebel In the book, 1984 written by George Orwell, Winston and his one time lover, Julia, and partner as long with his ally, lead together into rebellion to take down Big Brother and the Party in a whole. In 1984, the government is strict and overbearing towards their citizens making them glance over their shoulders, scaring them to force them to obey. The overwhelming surveillance in 1984 leaves distrust between the supreme ruler of Oceania and their citizens. Another example of a corrupt government style leads to torture for no particular reasons, like getting information out, it’s just to change the victim's views.

The heroic efforts by Winston and Julia were completely thwarted. Winston had finally shown signs that he could be a hero. But they were ruined by O’Brien. Julia and Winston are forced to separate and then they are both subject to torture. The downfall of Winston begins at this point, any heroic signs that had begun to sprout out of Winston were utterly destroyed.

How Does 1984 Conform to, or Deviate From, the Conventions of Dystopia, and For What Purpose? 1984 was written by George Orwell in 1948 and it is a dystopian novel. The novel takes place in a futuristic time period in a section of the world called “Oceania”. Oceania is led by the Party, whose leader is Big Brother, and they control everything that happens in Oceania. The Party and Big Brother are constantly watching their citizens through telescreens, which are large screens that are placed throughout Oceania like modern day surveillance cameras.