Individuality In 1984 By George Orwell

Have you ever told an inappropriate joke at the wrong time and place, then notice an elderly lady staring into your soul making you question your existence? Imagine a world where everything you said, did, or thought was discriminated and controlled not only by the old lady but the entire government. Correlating with the basis of being human, humanity is the building blocks of human life, which goes to show its importance.What if those same blocks were being taken away one by one? In the novel, 1984, by George Orwell, these blocks were being stripped away from the citizens every day. Orwell gives the reader insight into a world where technology inhibits daily life, humans lack intuition, and resulting in the repression of individuality. For

It is one’s ability to come to a conclusion in a matter of seconds without putting much thought into it. On the other hand, the Party felt a given individual should not possess the feeling that something is right, or wrong, unconsciously from past lessons the individual has learned from. Therefore, “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past” (Orwell 248). The Party’s slogan is observed only twice in the novel but has a significant role. The slogan gives the reader a direct example of the Party’s use of false history to break down an individual 's intellectual intuition. The Party controls the past by changing historical documents, language, books, or anything not corresponding with their standards to ensure control over the future. As time passes and history is constantly being altered, humans lack of intelligence and basic intuition is deteriorating, since they no longer know what is real or false. The people of Oceania are not allowed to have personal belongings from their past, such as photos, drawings, or papers. The Party does this so the people question their memories which therefore reprograms them to believe whatever the Party says because they have lost their personal knowledge. Throughout the course of the novel the reader watches intently as Winston 's logical reasoning disappears. Winston declares near the beginning of the novel

At least that is what we think, but in the novel 1984 it is the exact opposite. Except the human part, they might as well be canines since they are treated like it. For example, “The transformation that had happened was much more surprising than that. She had painted her face” (Orwell 142). Julia had put makeup on to enhance her physical appearance, which is forbidden amongst the Party members. The Party believed self expression meant you were no longer under their control, so they prohibited these actions. It was not only the makeup that was forbidden, but the desires produced when females wore makeup. Makeup is used to enhance natural beauty and when used properly one can look and feel very attractive. This physical beauty attracts males and they become very lustful and desirable of sex. Which sex is highly prohibited because it allowed devotion and independence towards one another rather than the Government. Simple actions such as wearing makeup, having sex for pleasure, and even writing in a personal journal, where prohibited by the Party because it meant they longer had control over every aspect of their citizens’ lives. Unlike our government we have today, they did not tolerate the first amendment, or any of the other amendments actually. Freedom