1984 by George Orwell, a text written in thought of what the future possibly could be like; a dystopian piece of literature that conforms and deviates from any type of standard genre with conventional aspects of dystopia to emphasis Orwell shows the novel imaginatively with a totalitarian government with features of dystopian control within a society struggling to survive under this aggressive party given that all humanitarian rights have been converted into crimes conjoined by an anti hero characterized so named Winston smith with elements of a dystopian protagonist marches into the rebellious side of himself when “fighting” the controlling party with a voluminous extensivity of views provided.
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The term Big Brother is used to refer to the government that invades the privacy of its citizens one of them being the protagonist, Winston is described looking at this billboard and he explains it to be large with a big face and a feature of allusion being a big black moustache on the figures face would most likely be introducing the ideology from either Joseph Stalin or Adolf Hitler and their totalitarian characteristic in how the regime is adequately based on their methods. The telescreen is a piece of technology used as an intelligence enhancer for the party in the hands of the Thought Police. “Mr Charrington’s appearance. His eyes fell on the fragments of the glass paperweight. ‘Pick up those pieces,’ he said sharply. A man stooped to obey. The cockney accent has disappeared; Winston suddenly realised whose voice it was that he heard a few moments ago on the telescreen. Mr Charrington …show more content…
This character was employed by Orwell as an unexceptional man in the setting of the novel. Him being who he is allows readers to consociate with instead of having a character un-relatable. Winston is the anti-hero the dystopian protagonist a common man expect he sees the trouble that and struggle that he lives in and shares it with his experience throughout the book. At the start it is already been said that Winston has an ulcer above his ankle making him seem weak and vulnerable but his true potentiality comes from the mental state his finds himself in, the will to overcome the government and their conventional dystopian contrivance. Winston feels ambushed by the regulations that have been enforced by the party through their assets being the thought police and technology which would be referring to the telescreens both of these tools used to keep the people under surveillance in conclusion Winston doesn’t follow the parties ways and he attends hate week which is a session that happens once a week where people express their feelings towards the party, towards big brother. This phrase was spoken by Winston showing the audience enforced by orwell his hate for the corruption “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER”-(pg.21).
To conclude the fictional text of George Orwell as one with deviating aspects
There is no freedom of choice, thought, speech, or even happiness. This fictional setting is where the antagonist is winning. Winston Smith, knows that the totalitarian government, Big Brother, has no privacy policies. Tele-screens are placed everywhere and his every move is watched. This totalitarian government takes full control over a person, without them thinking for themselves.
During the story of 1984 Winston reveals himself as a heroic figure. His willingness to fight against the untouchable party forces him to risk his own life in many ways. Even Winston thinking poorly of the party was a very punishable crime. Even when he is being punished for his crimes he keeps proving himself a hero as he wonders and pushes to discover why the society is being run the way it is. He is also very stubborn to the thoughts of the party.
By being reluctant to show his face to the telescreen, he is showing he has things to hide and does not want the thought police to know them. His keeping his back the telescreen foreshadows his future, more major revolts against the Party. Winston represents the protagonist, the underdog the reader follows throughout the novel. His purpose in the novel as a main character is to show the reader what it is like to live in a society with a totalitarian government.
In George Orwell’s classic novel, 1984, Winston Smith is a secret rebel, fighting the control of Big Brother, who represents the overpowered, all knowing government. Winston is fighting more than his government though, he is fighting his entire society. Big Brother’s power comes from his ability to manipulate the masses, so influentially, that the masses work towards the oppression of themselves. In questioning Big Brother, Winston is questioning the entirety of known society. Winston meets others that share his views on society and expand Winston’s field of thought, leading him to make conclusions about his society; conclusions that lead to direct rebellion against Big Brother.
As Orwell describes Winston’s flat he depicts a “telescreen”(Orwell, 1) with the caption “Big Brother is always watching you.” (Orwell, 2). Orwell places concept of society always being watched by the government as an allusion to the Soviet secret police always watching society for rebellious thoughts. As Winston is writing his book criticizing Big Brother, he notes that writing this book is “a crime punishable by death.” (Orwell, 62).
(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.
Winston is a dynamic, round, character because at the beginning of the book, he wanted to go against Big Brother and found a liking toward the Brotherhood. In the end he
In this book they talk about some capabilities of Big Brother. “Winston kept his back to the telescreen … it was over though , as he well knew even a back can be revealing.” They surveillance members of the organization 24/7, so Any little move they made was known. Winston’s job was to change the past. “Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past”.
Winston conveys the clear message to beware of the ‘eyes’ of the party, enforcing the slogan “big brother is watching you. Winston promotes this awareness towards the other rebels of the party and general people to overall spread his knowledge and hopefully influence revolt. While
The novel describes the journey of Winston Smith as he rebels against the Party and tries to maintain his human qualities. By creating a totalitarian government in the novel 1984, George Orwell is able to express how important humanity is to not only Winston but also
The book 1984 describes a totalitarian society where citizens are forced to renounce all liberties for the sake of social order. They are guided by the rule of a single figurehead called Big Brother, whom the they are manipulated to entrust their lives to. This figurehead exercises his powers of governing every aspect of the people 's lives by observing and manipulating the populace. Big Brother also divides his subjects into classes as a means to keep the populace oppressed. Throughout this literary narrative the main character, Winston Smith, struggles to survive in this society as he struggles to fit the conventional mold that is preached.
In 1984, George Orwell depicts a dystopian society pervaded by government control and the obsolescence of human emotion and society. Winston is forced to confront the reality of a totalitarian rule where the residents of Oceania are manipulated to ensure absolute government control and servitude of the people. The theme of totalitarianism and dystopia is employed in 1984 to grant absolute power to the government and ensure the deference of the people through the proliferation of propaganda, the repudiation of privacy and freedom, and the eradication of human thought and values. The repudiation of privacy and independent thought and the ubiquity of government surveillance is employed to secure absolute power to the government over the populace
Big brother is ruining a totalitarian government, which is also a form of socialist government. This style of government has a dictator and has little or no freedom. Winston sees that this government can do nothing but spells out bad news, it also do nothing for human rights. O’brien sees it as a way for big brother and the inner party to flex their power to the people of oceania. Winston understands all of the outcomes that their government has so thats why he is trying to stop it
The proposal of Big Brother is to strip away the human qualities, such as emotion, so that everyone is alike and easier to control. To contrast, Winston is able to tell the difference and able to detect the false ideas of tyranny and disobeys the rules. His first rebellion was writing his thoughts
Comparisons between the world that Orwell described and current world activities can be made. The novel 1984 depicts a totalitarianistic government which can be related to historical events such as World War II, and to events that are currently happening today such as the NSA and the spying incidents that occurred in the United States. The novel of 1984 displays themes of totalitarianism. One example directly from the novel 1984 is this quote written by the author George Orwell; “Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere.