Category: 1984

Throughout history, composers have created copious ways of passage inviting audiences to explore their understandings of individual and collective human experiences, as well as expand their views of the world. Furthermore, these texts provide audiences with great insight into the anomalies and inconsistencies in human behavior. They invite the readers to see the world and…

Winston is the main character of 1984, with Julia coming in later in the story. Winston and Julia are interesting characters, because – unlike the protagonist you usually see in books in movies – they don’t agree with the government but they never physically fight against it. However, they often break the smaller laws and…

The Modern Period lasted from 1900-1945. During this period, many significant historical events took place such as World War I in 1914, The Bolshevik Revolution in 1916 and 1917, The Great Depression in 1929, The rise of Fascism in 1939, and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. This period was a time of fear and…

Personally, I enjoyed reading 1984 by George Orwell. I really liked the storyline and plot, I enjoyed the characters and the themes shown throughout most of the novel, but I did not like the ending considering how the book unfolded. I found this ending to be quite ineffective for the plot and honestly very anticlimactic…

As any good audience should know, there is quite a difference between using literary devices in a work and correctly applying those devices to convey a necessary message. Books can be read, enjoyed, and then finished if strategies don’t leave a long-lasting message or provoke thought. In George Orwell’s ‘1984’, he includes symbolism, theme, and…

George Orwell’s ‘1984’ remains highly controversial to this day as one of the fundamental warnings against totalitarian regimes. This arises from the repressive regime of the ‘Party’, which is inspired by both the Soviet and Nazi regimes at the time of Orwell’s writing the novel. Hence, Orwell’s work serves as a warning against totalitarianism, but…

A society is essentially a community of people living together with there being a sort of order to everything. In novels, there can be two types of societies that can be present. The first is a utopian society which is defined by Merriam-webster.com as “a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social…

Since the 15th century, humans have been captivated by the idealism of achieving world peace and to live in a place of pure bliss where, “[…] all citizens are equal – rights, property, privilege – […] all sources of envy and conflict are eliminated; desires are satisfied because no unreasonable desires develop.” The tradition of…

Introduction to Dystopian Visions: Orwell and Huxley’s World In both Orwell’s ‘1984’ and Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, authority attempts to obtain complete control over their citizens, through destroying their sense of identity. The novels present the battle between individual consciousness and the State’s wishes for society. When ‘Brave New World’ was written in 1931, between…

To determine what the inconsistencies are in human behavior and motivations, and what it is that makes understanding them both quite complex, we must begin by analyzing and studying the vast range of human experiences. Both George Orwell’s 1984 (Novel) written in 1949 and psychological experiment, The Stanford Prison Experiment (film/experiment) delve into how society…