Big Brother

A detailed Summary of Big Brother

The quote "I know how but I don't know why" reflects George Orwell's motive for writing 1984, which is to show a society that is ruled by rigid totalitarianism and to present the objectives behind the governments originator and rulers.

Throughout the book Orwell shows how the lives of the Outer Party and Proles are controlled from life till death. The main character Winston Smith is a member of the Outer Party which purpose in life is to work for Big Brother. Big Brother is divided into 4 divisions of government, the Ministry of Truth responsible for education and news, the Ministry of Peace responsible for war, the Ministry of Plenty responsible for the economy, and the Ministry of Love responsible for law.

Winston works in the Ministry of Truth and his job is to change the past. The people of the Outer Party live in terrible conditions; their homes are small old flats. A descriptive example of the living conditions given by Winston is "Never quite enough to eat, one never had socks or underclothes that were not full of holes, furniture had always been bad and rickety, rooms underheated, tube trains crowded, houses falling to pieces, bread dark-colored nothing cheap and plentiful." Inside their homes are telescreens,

It is a government that at one point decided to make changes, to shape their power and wealth to be everlasting. 1984 is the expression of a mood, and it is a warning. The central theme of 1984 and furthermore why George Orwell wrote it is, if we don't watch out 1984 will find us.

The "why" is the purpose of Big Brother, which is for the Inner Party to never lose their opulence or power. Big Brothers goals can be summed up in their mottoes. "WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, and IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

Orwell shows the reality of IGNSOC's goals. "IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH" is the basic idea that ignorant people are content people. The Outer Party is kept ignorant because the truth is adjustable, and the Proles are kept content with fruitless liberties. "FREEDOM IS SLAVERY" compel insecurity into the individualist. It implies that as an individual you will suffer, as a group you are liberated. "WAR IS PEACE" leads people to believe that war is a good thing when in reality it is only good for the government that they should believe this.

The Inner Party realizes that throughout history a society divides itself into high, middle, and low classes. Historically the people in power are either, overthrown and killed, exiled, conquered, or in rare circumstances just lose their power. For each government all types to date have failed, some with more chance of failure than others. If the people are not content with their government given time it is overthrown. It does not have to necessarily be the fault of the type of government that fails but the people in power that runs it. In this situation the Inner Party has taken extreme measures to hold the people under them down. They have taken the totalitarian government to a new level by making the people ignorant of the past present and future. The Inner Party has the best the world has to offer. They have food, drinks, homes and luxuries that rest of the society doesn't even know abou

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Category: English