Argumentative Essay On 1984 By George Orwell

Throughout the eras, oppression and censorship has been fought by many revolutionaries to preserve the civil liberties of the masses. In order to do so, novels such as George Orwell’s 1984 sought to exaggerate the harms of such conditions to warn against parallel issues that affect the lives of many. 1984 depicts a post- War society called Oceania in which citizens are monitored by the ever-omniscient Big Brother Party. Although fictional, the political regime, and thus social structure, in Oceania resembles that of Communist (or previously Communist) nations such as China or North Korea; oppression and censorship run rampant throughout the social classes, as each movement, and sound is heard or seen by workers within the party. Further, charged

Actually, it appears that while the choice to write such slander was made without much thought, Winston weighed the merits of his slander just after the incident occurred. The consequences of this fatal choice prove to be much mentally-harsher than the initial decision to express his discontent with the Oceania government. While before his days were monotonous, after writing in his diary, they were ridden with anxiety and fear. Winston’s job within the Ministry of Truth condemned him to a life filled with contained knowledge, as communicating his dissent to others could end in him “vaporizing.” The theme of one man knowing the ills of society, but keeping them to himself can be found not only in 1984 but also in short works such as “I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream” and “Adam and No Eve.” In all three dystopian works, one man is relied on to save the entire human race due to his extreme knowledge and often dies a martyr trying. If Winston follows on this path, I would not be surprised to find that his moral, yet destructive decision to not abide by the Party’s crack-down on civil liberties would lead to a gruesome, yet well-avenged