The Science Fiction Legend by Marie Lu is a novel that focuses on the concept of revenge. It reveals that carelessness leads you to be in the wrong hands. In both novels, the main characters (in legend one of the two main characters) trust a person when they hardly knew them, and were led into a trap. Even though the ending of Legend was much different than the ending of 1984, there was an abundance of similarities between the two novels. 1984 and Legend have similar plot attributes such as rebellious characters, extensive imagery, and characters that are constantly fighting internal and external conflicts.
One of the most important parts of a story is character development and making a dynamic character that acts with common sense and doesn’t
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The way that Day and Winston go about disobeying the government are different, but they both have the same goal.
Imagery may seem less important than a character’s development, however it certainly helps you recieve a better idea of how everything in the story is set up and looks like. 1984 and Legend have extremely well thought out imagery that cause you feel like you are inside the novel. For example (insert 1984 example here). In Legend, an example was (put here). We can gather from both examples that dystopias are thought about similarly through numerous people.
Conflicts are what cause these two novels so exciting. For example, in 1984, Winston wants to kill and rape Julia before he actually met her. He had the idea that she was a member of the thought police, and since he tends to spot her everywhere, he concluded she was stalking him. It was, at the time, an internal conflict between right and survival. If she was part of the Thought Police, then it would be in his best interest to eliminate her one way or another. However, he was not 100% sure whether she was or not, and it would not be right to kill her if she wasn't. In Legend, one of the other main characters, June, has to lie to Day, even though he has feelings for her, as she is part of the government and Day is a
The approach towards freedom is hard to achieve against a totalitarian government but possible to win with the people’s belief. 1984 by George Orwell and James McTeigue’s V for Vendetta portray the same idealism of the anti-heroes, Winston and V. An anti-hero is “a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose” (“Antihero”). Winston is not courageous, peaceful, and self-centered along the path of freedom for Oceania, whereas the anti-hero, V is violent in his actions, impatient and careless in his pursuit to free London from the totalitarian government. As a matter of fact, V and Winston have the opposite behaviours; this is significant because it helps to compare the approach of the anti-heroes toward freedom. At the end of 1984 and V for Vendetta, the result of their approach is different from each other; Winston gives up on the liberation of Oceania, while V dies knowing that London is freed from Norsefire Party. In 1984 and V for Vendetta, the different behaviours of the anti-heroes, Winston and V, illustrate their approach to attaining freedom from the totalitarian government.
By looking at these essential stages of both novels, we can easily say that the settings have a pivotal role in each novel as a result of the autocratic rule, the technology dependence and the ignorant society.
Winston found it very difficult to give into the Party and allow for such control of this life. Marcus could not sit and watch the constitution being ripped to pieces right before his eyes in response to a bombing. Winton believed in a spirit or principle his government could not overcome, which will lead to failure. Both stories show that this spirit did not come into existence. Both characters we changed at the end, the impact of the government will not be
To accomplish this, Orwell utilizes the theme of individuality versus tyranny, foreshadowing, and irony, in order to fully extract all possible motives behind Winston’s actions.Many countries, such as the United States, are founded on principles of individuality reigning over tyranny, more specifically, the freedom of choice. However, in the futuristic Oceania, run by “Big Brother”, such freedom and individuality is, for the most part, completely suspended. To act impulsively, or choose to oppose Big Brother, is a “thoughtcrime” of dire consequence. This is the basis behind the Inner Party’s control of Oceania. Winston however, from the commencement of the novel, showed that he was not willing to conform to such a tyrannical society. From his writing “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” in his diary as the novel opened, to his relationship with Julia, which was considered sexcrime in Oceania, Winston proved his thoughts were antiparallel to those of the Inner Party.
Imagery is when the author presents a mental image through descriptive words. One prime example of imagery that the author uses is in paragraph 3; where she tells of a moment between a man and a woman. In this narration she states the time, year, outfit of each character described, and what the female character was doing. These details might come across as irrelevant, or unnecessary, but this is Didions way of showing what the blueprint of notebook it. Using imagery reinforces the foundation of the essay, and what the essay’s mission was.
Book One uncovered how the government attempted to restrict any kind of expression to gain absolute control, but there are still strains of people who were unwilling to be subordinate to it’s power, such as Winston. Im the first few chapters, Winston, an seemingly ordinary worker in the Records Department took his first step of rebellion by writing in a diary. Just this simple act of writing your thoughts into a book could be dangerous, because it would generate individual thoughts. It was very true too as seen in this quote “ His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals- DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER ” Unknowingly, he had written this down, and this was a thoughtcrime of high caliber. Even if he had tried to stop himself, his inner thoughts couldn’t help but want to defy the government. The party had destroyed all records of the past and altered...
The themes that are similar in both of the novels are that guilt is detrimental to oneself and that redemption is key to happiness. These points are especially
The writer uses imagery, because he wants to let the readers into his mind. By describing the scene for the readers, makes the readers fell like they were there. Therefore, it gives us a better ability to emphasize with him.
works of literature have tremendous amounts of similarity especially in the characters. Each character is usually unique and symbolizes the quality of a person in the real world. But in both stories, each character was alike, they represented honor, loyalty, chivalry, strength and wisdom. Each character is faced with a difficult decision as well as a journey in which they have to determine how to save their own lives. Both these pieces of literatures are exquisite and extremely interesting in their own ways.
Winston and Equality are two characters obsessed with the past and history in general, they
Imagery is the use of symbols to convey an idea or to create a specific atmosphere for the audience. Shakespeare uses imagery in Macbeth often, the most prevalent one, is blood. I believe he uses this as a way to convey guilt, murder, betrayal, treachery and evil, and to symbolize forewarning of events.
Even though these two books may seem very different, they also share many similarities. Though they are not related through their plots, they definitely share some very important themes and resemblance of characters. Through these similarities, two different stories in completely different time frames and locations can be brought together in many instances.
The most evident motifs in both novels are madness, nonacceptance and the concept of betrayal. that
In Jane Eyre imagery is used throughout the entire book. Charlotte frequently used ordinary imagery to exemplify hazardous realities that Jane herself did not see. Often authors use imagery to symbolize important items or people in the book. For example, when lighting hits the tree in the orchard on the same evening that Jane became betrothed to Mr. Rochester, the reader can obviously see that Bronte does not approve of this union. On the other hand Bronte uses imagery and symbolism to show the roots of the tree were not completely divided foreshadowing that Jane and Mr. Rochester will reuni...
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.