Who is watching us? Who judges us? And most importantly who controls us? In George Orwell's novel 1984, Big Brother was in charge of all these crucial aspects of everyone's lives. This book which was written long before 1984 can really take place at anytime and anywhere. The concepts and themes of this book are very real and very frightening. May be telescreens do not exist but V-chips and Pentium III computers are very much alive. Even though we live in modern times how do we know who is insane? The world is flat and the planets revolve around Earth were once sane statements. Finally do we control ourselves in this Democratic country or are we just puppets dancing to the high and powerful affluent members of our society. Or maybe G-d himself is the one who makes us do the things we do.
The thought police seek out and cure the misguided people who simply think too much. They look at you minute by minute to see what you are doing and how u are doing it. I think more interesting than the thought police are the teaching of the morals of the land to the children. They are taught the ways of Ingsoc. They know right from wrong. One of Winston's peers was taken away because his own daughter told the th
The insanity of life in Oceania was not being able to trust anyone. I don't think that there was a revolutionary group. But people did see what was going on. People did think about revolting. But in Oceania one man can't make a difference. Without people backing you there can't be a revolt. People were thinking about revolting and hating Big Brother. If not, why were there thought police? When Winston went to be cured in the Ministry of Love there were other people there. If no one felt hatred to this way of life then Winston would have been alone.
ought police on him. In this society children are at school more than they are even home. It is very possible to have a closer relationship with a teacher than with a parent. On top of that, Big Brother and the inner party teach that it is only "you and the party". Meaning the party is very individualized. This allows the party to function very nicely because people do not make relationships with other people only to the party. People in Oceania are never left alone. If you are alone and you are not sleeping this would definitely be looked at by the thought police. To keep people occupied there are hate speeches in order to show your love to Big Brother and Hate to the opposing country that Oceania is at war with. Everyone has a job and they are many organizations to belong to like the junior anti-sex league.
The novel 1984 opened the minds of many people in the 1940's. More importantly, is that even today 1984 still allows us to view the world with Winston's eyes. It shows us how many things we do on a daily basis for no other reason then that's what we are supposed to do. The ideas of the book are truly a parallel
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