1984
Since the beginning 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 world 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 his or her life, nor do they wish to change any aspect of their life. For the few followers who exist, it is a maddening existence, of constant work and brainwashing. George Orwell's novel was definitely different from the actual world, but how different were they? They were different in 3 ways: government, society, and behaviors. The two governmental systems were different in a very major way. The actual government of England was a democracy. This democracy's foundation was made up of a parliament and a prime minister. Most other nations had the same set up. In Orwell's novel only only a few people lead the government. Airstrip O
The way of thinking in the actual world was different from the way people in the book thought. The general opinion of people in the past 20 years was that communism was one of the worst things possible and still is. 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 then you just committed a "thought crime." The penalty for such an offense is that you are taken to the "Ministry of Love", but not killed. You are now brainwashed until you love the "Party." O'Brien, an inner party member, justifies this by stating that all great nations of the past fell because they killed all people who didn't like them. The "Party" will never fall because they don't create martyrs. All people they eliminate love the "Party" when they are finally killed. For example: Winston is captured and brought to the "Ministry of Love," he then is brainwashed and released to society when he truly liked the "Party." Once he lived in the community for a while longer he is shot in the back of the head. Three classes founded the common society structure in democratic governments in the real world: upper, middle, and lower. All three classes, ac
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