Life in Oceania is somewhat confusing and tough to follow. When you first start the book 1984 it’s difficult to understand the lives the people live in Oceania. As you travel through the book though you start to understand the people’s lives and how trapped they are. As you read through the book you also start to understand the three different parties in Oceania and how they work. The Inner Party is the high class party with all the luxuries. They’re barely watched over by the telescreens and they pretty much control Oceania. The Outer Party is larger than the Inner Party but they’re watched by the telescreens at all times and are pretty much the working class but somewhat poor and only given what they need to survive. If some Outer Party members are considered too smart or not loyal to Big Brother, they become an unperson. The Proles have the largest amount of people and are not watched by the telescreens at all and they are considered free people with a very low amount of money. This information doesn’t necessarily tell us what the ideological, thematic difference between the parties and what the main thing that makes them different is. The ideological and thematic difference between the parties is that they all have different beliefs in Big Brother, who controls them, and who is the highest power in Oceania. When first analyzing the difference and the parties, you have to first look at the Inner party and what they do. The Inner Party is Big Brother and the Inner Party controls Oceania. This seems a little confusing but after analyzing the information it is pretty obvious that the Inner Party runs the government and that there is no real person named “Big Brother”. On page 259 in the book 1984 there is a convers... ... middle of paper ... ...beliefs in Big Brother, who controls them, and who is the highest power in Oceania. The Inner Party is Big Brother while the Proles really do not have to care much for Big Brother but just need to show minor Patriotism. The Outer Party must love, follow, and do everything Big Brother tells them to do. Big Brother is not a real person like Winston, Julia or O’Brien but this idea of Big Brother or government based off this idea of a Big Brother works for the government. Obviously this government is wrong and not right but it does work and allows the party to keep control for a long time. Works Cited Glover, Beaird. "Nineteen Eighty-Four." Masterplots, Fourth Edition (2010): 1-3. Literary Reference Center. Web. 1 Apr. 2014. "1984." Novels for Students. Ed. Deborah A. Stanley. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 1999. 233-255. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 1 Apr. 2014.
Many people today are fighters and make attempts to stand up for what they believe in. Another way 1984 impacted us today is that the novel was a prediction of a controlling government. “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever” (page 267). Just like in 1984 they had “telescreens”monitoring their every move, we know there are so many surveillance cameras used everywhere we go. There are also microphones and the government is able to tap their citizens’ phone to monitor what they say. This ties into the main theme
The government changes the way that reality looks like by altering the past, use of pure power and propaganda. People really think that the government is there to help them from their enemies, they get happy with the increasing food rations announcement and really think the Big Brother exist. Therefore, the citizens of Oceania, especially the proles prevent rebellion against the party because they admit that they have an ideal society. The winners in this type of society, are all the members of the inner party and higher ranks members whom steal away the rights of living from the lower class in order to create a lavish lifestyle for
1984 takes place in an alternate-reality future where after World War 2, the world was divided into three main nations: Eastasia, Eurasia, and the super-country, Oceania. The book is set in Oceania in the year 1984, in the city of London, Airstrip One. Oceania is in a constant state of war against the two other countries, with bombings occurring daily and the living conditions extremely poor – very little food, very little clothing, and broken down housing. The Party rules over Oceania, with telescreens in almost every room that monitor every move a person makes, as well as anything they say. Posters hang everywhere with the phrase – BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.
“The rest or the social structure consists of an inner party, the outer party, and then the proletarians, who form the majority, 85% of the people. The stratification of Oceania typifies the social set up in most of the dictatorial establishments where the leader and some few members of the ruling class are extremely privileged and the rest languish in sheer lack and a difficult life” (Icke, Macmillan and Orwell 13). Of most interest are the organs of governance in this state. They consist of the police, who enforce the surveillance and ensure that wherever one goes, the government is omnipresent. The presence of the law enforcers everywhere is the basis of the predicaments of Winston and Julia, who are lovers.
1984 tells the story of Winston Smith who lives in Oceania, a dystopian nation ruled by a strictly totalitarian government know only as ‘The Party’. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even people's history and language. It uses telescreens which are everywhere-you can’t speak, breathe or sneeze without the government knowing about it. The Party even enforces a new language to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts, known as thoughtcrime, is illegal: "Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime is death."
Things to know: 1984 was a book written about life under a totalitarian regime from an average citizen’s point of view. This book envisions the theme of an all knowing government with strong control over its citizens. This book tells the story of Winston Smith, a worker of the Ministry of Truth, who is in charge of editing the truth to fit the government’s policies and claims. It shows the future of a government bleeding with brute force and propaganda. This story begins and ends in the continent of Oceania one of the three supercontinents of the world. Oceania has three classes the Inner Party, the Outer Party and the lowest of all, the Proles (proletarian). Oceania’s government is the Party or Ingsoc (English Socialism
It is clear that the government of Oceania in 1984 is self-serving, existing not to benefit its citizens or the elite Party members, but existing purely to exist and grow. Perhaps the most clear indication of this was O’Brien explaining the Party’s motives while torturing Winston. O’Brien explains that “the Party seeks power only for its own sake” and that “the object of power is power.” (185) This clearly indicates that the government of Oceania, a totalitarian state, seeks power not to improve the lives of citizens, but for power
Through out the course of history there have been several events that have been a pivotal point which has molded the behaviors and thoughts of this century. A lot of notable activist and authors wrote stories and speeches about how they believed that this day and time would be like. A lot of these views were very accurate surprisingly. In the novel 1984 author George Orwell gives his vision on how he believed that the countries would be like if they kept going the way they were.This report will give you a brief rundown of the characters, theories and principles of this novel along with some of my personal insight of the novel.
By enforcing these simple laws and regulations, the government is able to keep a tight grip on its people, with few ever releasing themselves from its grasp. Winston Smith, on the other hand, seeks to know the truth behind the government, he is constantly questioning everything and repressing all the ideas forced upon him. Winston “seeks truth and sanity, his only resources being the long denied and repressed processes of selfhood” (Feder 398). All identity is gone in this place called Oceania, and for the sake of Big Brother and its continuous control of the people, it will never exist again. In 1984, the absence of identity strips the people of all creativity and diversity, as well as takes away any chance the society has to advance as a people or in the area of technology.
Orwell shows the Party has taken strict measures in order to maintain the established status quo that suppresses the majority of Oceania. They have shaped and constructed history so that children grow up as servants to the party. Propaganda stating how rich and prosperous Oceania is the news of the day even though real conditions show buildings are dilapidated and resources are sparse.
The family unit of Oceania in George Orwell’s book, 1984, plays an important part to society. These families are broken rather than households of affection and comfort. Oceania’s government, called the Party, controls the families in every aspect. With these non-existent families, there is a cycle of breaking down of family and a stronger Party as times passes until a there is force strong enough to end it. These families that lead to corruption in society should be avoided in order to prevent a totalitarian government from rising.
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