Comparing 1984 and La Noche Boca Arriba

There have been countless tales that have depicted the various types of realities that we live in. “La Noche Boca Arriba”, by Julio Cortazar is an example of a story that is a fantasy perspective on the true reality of the world. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is another politically oriented story that more directly states that the world is a cruel place where the people are merely puppets of the government. Although Cortazar and Orwell had different political events occurring at the time of their works, they both had many similarities in the theme of their stories and their goals of writing the stories.
Julio Cortazar and George Orwell have very interesting and somewhat similar pasts. Julio Cortazar was a teacher, worked for UNESCO, and they became a political activist while working for UNESCO (Colbert, Kanter, Ryan, & Sugana 2012). George Orwell was a member of the Indian Imperial Force, but always had a strong political view of the world (“George Orwell”, 2014). Cortazar was largely influenced by Pinochet and the Cuban Revolution (Colbert, Kanter, Ryan & Sugana, 2012). Orwell was largely influenced by the rise in dictators that was rapidly occurring (SparkNote Editors, 2007). Cortazar and Orwell both were able to incorporate their strong political opinions into their writing. They have a similar writing style mainly because they do an excellent job incorporating their real life opinions into a fantasy-like story that actually hides some of their true intention.
In the beginning of Cortazar’s “La Noche Boca Arriba”, our main character gets into a motorcycle accident caused by a woman randomly screaming (Cortazar, 1964). This sets the audience up for the events that follow. From the beginning of the story, we can see ...

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...probably how the authors felt when they tried to directly explain their political opinions. Orwell and Cortazar were very similar and had very strong messages hidden within their stories. Orwell and Cortazar had a similar message of wanting their audience to question the world that they were living in.

Works Cited

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SparkNotes Editors. (2007). SparkNote on 1984. Retrieved April 9, 2014, from http://m.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/