Utopia As A Dystopia In George Orwell's '1984'

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In George Orwell’s novel, “1984”, the setting is in a place called Oceania, a dystopia. A dystopia is a usually imagined place that is far worse from reality, and its opposite being a utopia, an ideal place.Orwell imagined a world with new advanced technology, such as a telescreen, a TV that observes the ones watching and a world that consists of three megastates rather than hundreds of countries.In 1984, Orwell comes up with a new form of English called Newspeak, which the totalitarian government uses to discourage free thinking, without words to express an idea, the idea itself would be impossible to achieve, the government can control people through their words. The main character, Winston Smith, is a member of the Outer Party, who works in the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history. Winston begins a diary to escape into his own world and away from Big Brother, the diary …show more content…

Winston 's greatest fear is rats,O 'Brien places a mask made of wire mesh over Winston’s head and then threatens to open the door to release rats onto his face. Winston screams and says, "Do it to Julia!", with that statement he relinquishes his last vestige of humanity. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, it takes an in depth look at individuality and the thought process with and without outside control. It makes you think about how indirectly the government controls small details around you. What would happen if the government wanted to take control of you completely? How easy would it be? Winston Smith is sitting at the Chestnut Tree Cafe, drinking and listening to the telescreens broadcasting an announcement about the war with the Eurasian army, Winston feels something close to mixture of excitement and dread. He seems interested about the outcome of today 's battle, writing in the dust on the table: 2 + 2 =

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