Totalitarianism In Nineteen Eighty Four By George Orwell

Although subsequent to your initial read you may have interpreted that the novel Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell was basically just a story concerning a man in an imaginary dystopian society, however, it was actually a story that Orwell composed with the intention of warning western countries regarding the dangers of totalitarian government. In the novel a totalitarian society, a civilization in which the government has absolute control, is displayed to show how the world would’ve ended up if totalitarianism would’ve continued to spread throughout the world. In this novel, George constructed many communistic and socialistic throughout his publication which will be demonstrated throughout this research paper.

Eric Arthur Blair, primarily acknowledged by his pen name George Orwell, was a British novelist, critic, and essayist. Born in Molinari, India on June 25, 1903, Blair began to start writing at a very young age. Almost a year after Orwell’s confinement his mother took him and his elder sister to England. When Eric was only eleven he had a poem published in the neighborhood newspaper, this was the earliest of many literary successes to come. In 1911 Arthur went to St. Cyprian’s and eventually earned scholarships to Wellington College and Eton College to continue his studies. Blair chose to go to Eton College and after completing his schooling he decided to join the India Imperial Police Force in 1922. Subsequent to serving in the police force for five years, in Burma, he resigned and returned to England. Following returning to England, Blair wrote his first major work, Down and Out in Paris and London, in 1933. The book is an autobiography about Eric Arthur Blair’s struggles in Paris and London subsequent to coming back fr...

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...y will lose existence, whether metaphorically or literally. Ingsoc also divides society into three classes. The Inner Party is the upper class of Oceania’s society and is composed of rulers who enjoy all kinds of privileges. The Outer Party is the middle class of Oceania’s society. This social class is subjected to the harshest restrictions and is also watched closely because the Inner Party thinks that it will rebel and succeed in overthrowing them. Proles are members of the lowest class of Oceania’s society and is composed of the majority of the population. This social class lives in complete poverty and are the most carefree of all three classes, however the members are kept “dormant” through distractions such as alcohol and coitus. Furthermore Ingsoc actually claims that there are no class differences and frowns on interaction between members of these classes.