Comparison of a Film and Book After reading the book and watching the movie 1984 there were similarities and differences between the two. The novel is about manipulating people in believing in something that isn’t really there and about erasing history. Both the book and film focused on: authority, government, and war. The book and film follow the theme of conformity to control society. Authority was used as a form of intimidation between the working class societies and to keep society from corruption. The authority figures mentioned in the book and film were the thought police, “Big Brother”, and the tele. The thought police were in charge of capturing the people who did things that were forbidden and against the laws of the government. Some of the laws that the society couldn’t go against were having impure thoughts, overthrowing the government, and not loving or believing in “Big Brother”. In which committing these crimes are punishable by death. Authority was used to conform and control society. The government portrayed in the book as well as in the film is referred to as “Big Brother” the mastermind of establishing a totalitarian government. A totalitarian government is a single party that rules over everything and is superior to everyone. The totalitarian government was created to prevent corruption in the society and keep the people believing in what “Big Brother” wants them to believe. “Big Brother” kept the society in believing his reality by intimidation and brain washing. Also the lack of privacy was enforced by the use of surveillance like system known as the tele. The involvement of the government helped in conforming and controlling the society. The war contributed to making the working class society believe that they were doing they’re part in helping “Big Brother” stop corruption and keeping the society in an orderly state. Big Brother manipulated the society by making up a war using previous pictures and images of a war that happened years ago. The war was also used to erase existing history that the government did not want the society to know. Furthermore, the war was used to keep the government and economy as the basis of power and maintain the balance of “Big Brother’s civilization”. The war mentioned in the film and book led to a conformed and controlled society. The film and book 1984 focused on the theme conformity to explain how society was controlled by mentioning the enforcement of authority.
Any purported ideology pointing to the political emancipation of the people and attempting to make them rebel is criminalized. Authoritarian rule forms the underlying theme in the novel. It should also be noted that human conflict as a major theme that helps to upstage the former (Authoritarian rule) theme. One experiences the satirical self-glorified human thirst for control often driven by greed and corrupt ideologies to build and gain total control over the populace under them. This thought is held to the effect that the Big Brother party is an epitome of authoritarian and dictatorial governance in the modern world founded on deception and lies.
To conclude, because the government was able to use censorship and promote ignorance, they were able control and manipulate their citizens. This novel also has resemblance to our world, this novel is a reminder of how powerful media can become if used the right way, society can be mislead into thinking false things. By promoting ignorance, the citizens started having very bland lives with no depth. People did not talk about ideas and feelings because they were obsessed and dependent on instant pleasure, they will start denying they own feelings because of this. Television and easy access to entertainment made books nonexistent.
Many people today are fighters and make attempts to stand up for what they believe in. Another way 1984 impacted us today is that the novel was a prediction of a controlling government. “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever” (page 267). Just like in 1984 they had “telescreens”monitoring their every move, we know there are so many surveillance cameras used everywhere we go. There are also microphones and the government is able to tap their citizens’ phone to monitor what they say. This ties into the main theme
There are lots of ways to compare 1984 by George Orwell to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. They both have to do with very futuristic ideas.
While Brave New World and 1984 are both dynamic dystopian satires written by men who were startled by the changing ways of the 20th century, they differ in their own attributes while maintaining the similar oppressive government both stories are based around.
The authority figures mentioned in the book and film were the thought police, “Big Brother”, and the telescreens. The thought police were in charge of capturing the people who did things that were forbidden, this includes having impure thoughts, overthrowing the government, and not loving or believing in Big Brother. In 1984 these crimes are punishable by death. The government shown in the novel and film is referred to as Big Brother, “he” keeps society from corruption by brain-washing and by using intimidation and threats. In the film Radford did a very good job of sticking to Orwell’s description, a good example of this is the room above the shop. Orwell describes it as “an old-fashioned glass clock with a twelve hour face was ticking away on the mantle piece. Under the window was an enormous bed with the mattress still on it.”
George Orwell's 1984 was a book with a lot of deeper meanings and messages about the political systems of the world and about society. 1984 is about a world where privacy does not exist and the ruler of the so called "free world" is called Ingsoc. Ingsoc has a political party called big brother which watches over everything in the world through manned helicopters flying over the city of Oceania at all times, Tele-screens in every house business area and room blurting out propaganda and cameras with microphones listening and watching every conceivable object and person in Oceania.
There are several themes in the novel 1984, by George Orwell. Authority dictates the way the characters act in the novel. In 1984, we get a sense what type of authority Big Brother holds. The people of Oceania are divided into two classes. There are the members of the Party and the Proletariat. The Party members do the jobs of the government. There’s the Inner Party and the Outer Party. The Inner party consists of a privileged group of individuals who govern Oceania’s society. In 1984 by George Orwell, a totalitarian government named “Big Brother” controls civilians with high tech security to limit their freedom and keep them oppressed. The Party is able to deceive the civilians, therefore support and power is maintained.
I am deeply concerned , like Orwell, by these concepts and challenge this ideology. Orwell's novel draws several parallels with the underlying themes of Truffaut's film Fahrenheit 451. We must be aware of the realization of a modern day government with absolute power and challenge this. Orwall made me consider what it could be like to be under the thumb of a government that controls individuals lives to the extent that even having disloyal thoughts is considered against the law.
Compare how Orwell and McTeigue connect with the experiences, ideas, values and beliefs of their readers when exploring the abuse of science and technology and its effect on life and society in their texts.
In 1984 the people of Oceania deal with the oppression where Big Brother scrutinizes people and their actions. This book can be compared with many other books that have different societal means. 1984 can be compared with the Hunger Games by the government, people, and society alone.
The book 1984 by George Orwell has many compare and contrast moments to the the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and the Hunger Games movies directed by Gary Ross. Both of these books have many differences, but on the other side they also have similarities. How citizens can be controlled by their work, how a state can control the people in a way to change their nature and the way they live, and finally how rebellion has a big part of the two stories.
The idea of conformity is presented differently in each book. In a Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, individuals are programmed from the minute they are created. In the hatching and conditioning center, babies are produced and replicated in order to limit individuality. Once they are born, the babies are brought into a conditioning room where they are taught to accept sexuality and to hate nature and education to program their minds to solely focus on their work and not the outside world. In 1984, by George Orwell, people are conditioned through the fear of
1984 is about a totalitarian government that has complete control over most people's thoughts and actions. The novel was written by George Orwell in 1948 during the immediate aftermath of World War Two. His motivations for writing it during this time period was largely due to the rising of totalitarian parties in the last decade. He took inspiration from the horrors of World War Two and the political turmoil that resulted from the war. In the world of 1984, things are never what they appear to be. The main character Winston made false
As we grow up, we start to question our reality. We question if what we live in is real or if we’ve been fooling ourselves to believe it is reality. Reality can be a difficult concept to wrap our heads around, and we see that throughout “1984”. The protagonist could not always be sure that what was happening was real, his mind was too confused with everyone around him, his own feelings, and memories. that is what makes up our reality.