19847 misc 12 00

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A utopia is an ideal or perfect community. While some writers have created

fictional places that embody their ideals societies, other writers have written

satires that ridicule existing conditions of society, or anti-utopias, which show

possible future societies that are anything but ideal. In 1984 , George Orwell

presents a terrifying picture of future as life under the constant surveillance of

"Big Brother." This book 1984 is an anti-utopian novel.

The main character Winston Smith lives in the large political country

Oceania, which is eternally at war with one of two huge countries, Eurasia and

Eastasia. At any moment all existing records show either that Oceania has always

been at war with Eurasia and allied with Eastasia, or that it has always been at

war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia. Winston knows this, because his work

at the Ministry of Truth involves the constant correction of news. "Who controls

In 1984 you see the Party kill Winston Smith's individuality. "Winston

the future: who controls the present controls the past," the party

knows the party controls people by feeding them lies and taking away their

Howe, Irving "The fiction of Anti-Utopia"

undergoing a dreadful metamorphosis which burns out his human essence, leaving

1984 (New York: Harcourt Brace Javonovich, Inc., 1982)

watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a

this society you can't enjoy life or have any fun. After reading the novel you hope

1984 's anti-utopian society is a horrible one. If the future is as dark as

and defying it by forming a sexual relationship with Julia: but from the first we

pleasant future will be stopped by the Party.

Approximate Word count = 660
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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