Animal Farm vs 1984
In his books, Animal Farm and 1984, George Orwell creates two similar societies attempting to achieve perfection through tyranny but the environment of each supports a different culture. In both Animal Farm and 1984 the ruling society depresses the individual in order to achieve his total obedience. In Animal Farm the environment is static - that of a rigid society- that of a small space -for it is in a farm. Because it is so simple, so undeveloped technology wise, a different society immerges, a society more similar to that of today, then to that of the other book, 1984. In 1984, the government controls the individual technology wise. It uses technology in order to watch everything the individual does, so the individual will not rebel and that society will maintain the way it is - the way it supposed to be - technology controlled (Tarnoff online). Right at the beginning of 1984, Orwell presents the reader with how much the government controls and supervises what the individual does. On the first page he describes a poster with a men's picture on i
In Animal Farm the pigs, which control the farm, use another method to achieve the same result. When the animals were working on the windmill Napoleon, the "leader", announced that there will be work on Sunday, off course he said that it will be strictly voluntary, but, who ever does not "volunteer" will have his rations reduced by half. It does not matter how, but in both 1984 and Animal Farm, the leaders use some kind of oppression to control the individual whether it is fear of hunger or fear of violating the law (Orwell, Animal Farm 63). In 1984, George Orwell opens us to a futuristic society where technology controls everything. At the beginning of the book Orwell describes a "telescreen" - a kind of television screen that makes it possible for the government to see, and supervise everything the individual is doing. That is the way the government indicates how powerful they really are, and that they can see and hear everything a person does. Mainly because of that technology, the government finds out about Winston Smith' affair with Julia and about his rebellious thoughts against the
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