George Orwell's 1984 to 1984
Since the onset of the United States, Americans have always viewed the future in two ways; one, as the perfect society with a perfect government, or two, as a communistic hell where free will no longer exists and no one is happy. The novel 1984 by George Orwell is a combination of both theories. On the "bad" side, a communist state exists which is enforced with surveillance technology and loyal patriots. On the "good" side, however, everyone in the society who was born after the hostile takeover, which converted the once democratic government into a communist government, isn't angry about their life, nor do they wish to change any aspect of their life. For the few infidels who exist, it is a maddening existence, of constant work and brainwashing. George Orwell's novel was definitely different from the actual 1984, but how different were they? They were different in 3 ways: government, society, and thought.1984 starts out with a so called "traitor to the party," Winston Smith, walking through the streets nervously observing the video cameras that are watching his every move. He makes his way into his apartment and produces a journal from his coat pocket. He thinks that even this simple act of attempting to keep track of time and
history could get him vaporized. This scene portrays the strong grip the government has on its patrons. A person either obeys them, or is killed, or put into a forced labor camp. After Winston starts an illegal affair with a younger woman he gets careless and "the party" finds out that he has committed what they call "thought crimes". A thought crime is the intent to do something illegal but not actually doing it. In Winston's world a thought crime is just as severe as a physical crime. They arrest him and his girlfriend and torture them until they realize what they did was wrong and that they love "the party" and will never do anything to hurt it again. ture and brainwashing. The "Ministry if Truth" changes the history of Oceania and as a result lies to the people. The "Ministry of Plenty" actually takes away from the "Party" and enforces harsh rations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The way of thinking in the actual 1984 was different from the way people in the book thought. The general opinion of people in the year 1984 was that communism was one of the worst things possible. Millions of people would be more than willing to give up their lives to preserve their democracy. People also felt that no one had the right to read their thoughts. They would be especially upset if the government read their mind to prove a theory that they were thinking against the government, and then be brought to court over it. In the novel communism was the system of government used by the people and you could be killed for mentally conspiring against the government. The kicker was that nobody born after the switch to communism cares that they have no free will, nobody alive anyway. If you didn't like the government the you just committed a "thought crime." Like I stated earlier, a "thought crime" is the intent to do something without actually doing it. In Oceania a "thought cr! e party" and work discipline. Winston's daily activities were:
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