I was at my Grandpa’s house, letting his dog out. It was a Saturday night. My grandparents were out at a football game because they had season tickets. So I had to take care of the dog, Winston. He was a three-foot tall fox hound and he was tough as nails.
It was around nine o’clock when I pulled into the driveway. It was pitch black outside so I brought a flashlight with me. Now I’m a paranoid person, so I also brought my machete with me. My grandparents lived right in front of a dense forest, so you never know what could come out of there.
The first ten minutes were like any other. Let Winston out and let him run around for a bit. But then out of nowhere, he started barking like crazy. I ran over to him, flashlight on and machete in hand. He was barking at something down the hill. I kept telling him to calm down, but he wouldn’t. Then he took off down the hill at what seemed like lightspeed. I yelled for him to come back. I started to run after him. I really didn’t want to go down there, but I really loved that dog. I ran down the hill, trying my hardest not to trip.
When I reached the bottom of the hill, I looked around Winston. He was nowhere to be seen. I walked around the forest for about five minutes. I saw a white tail wagging back and forth.
“Winston?” I called.
Just as I thought, it was him. He ran
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Because the thing smiled again and started to sprint towards me. With all the courage left in me, I swung my machete at the beast. I hit its leg. It gave the loudest scream I have ever heard. It sounded like a human scream, but as if the lungs were filled with water. With adrenaline pumping through me, I grabbed Winston by his collar and started running back up the hill. Winston was much faster than me, but he stayed with me the whole time going up the hill. I heard loud footsteps coming after me at a high rate of speed. When I made it back to my grandparent’s yard, I cut through the plants. Not giving a damn if I had to plant new
I strongly agree with Fromm’s viewpoints and interpretations of Orwell’s 1984 text. He warns that the future federal powers will dehumanize society and leave everyone alienated. Thus, I agree with Fromm to the extent that he acknowledges the fact that humanity can indeed cease to exist as a result of our own self-destruction as well as the effect of our actions. Many of his opinions and warnings expressed by Orwell to an extent appear in contemporary society.
Between the poem, ¨ No one died in Tiananmen Square¨ by William Lutz and the novel, 1984 by George Orwell there are multiple similarities. Subjects such as their government, their denial of history, and the use of doublethink and re-education are all parallel between the novel and the poem. For instance, both the governments have a highly strict government. Their governments are so controlling of their people that they use brute force in order to help re-educate them. For example, in 1984 the main character, Winston Smith was trying to go against their government, The Party, and because he tries to do so, he is placed in The Ministry of Love and brutally beaten by the man whom he assumed was a part of the Brotherhood, O'Brien. O'Brien claimed
Throughout the section, the main character, Winston is constantly facing conflicts. Most of these conflicts are internal. In the society Winston lives in, he is being monitored 24/7, which prevents him from doing most things freely. The first sign of conflict is shown when he takes out the diary he bought, and starts writing things he remembers. Of course he is disobeying the law, but he is taking a risk. The “Two-minute hate” is literally a time where everyone hates on the traitors for two minutes. There, Winston faces some internal conflicts; they are internal because the other characters do not know what Winston is thinking. The girl with the dark hair is introduced. She is a bad impression to Winston, and he always feels uncomfortable around her. Later in the book, she intimidates him even more because it feels like she is watching him. Another character that Winston has an internal conflict is O’Brien. It is one of the most interesting encounters because it might have involved O’Brien himself. During the Two-minute Hate, their eyes meet together and Winston suddenly thinks that ...
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.
George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 follows the psychological journey of main character Winston. Winston lives in a utopian society called Oceania. There, the citizens are constantly monitored by their government coined “Big Brother” or “The Party”. In Oceania, there is no form of individuality or privacy. Citizens are also coerced to believe everything and anything the government tells them, even if it contradicts reality and memory. The goal of Big Brother is to destroy individual loyalties and make its citizenry only loyal to the government. In Orwell's novel 1984, he uses Winston's psychological journey to stress the dangers of individuality in a totalitarian regime because it can result in death. Winston’s overwhelming desire to rebel
Living a life with a chance, not an equal chance, but just even a small chance, any chance at all in fact, to prosper in something you believe in and love makes a person strive and live fully in even the toughest times. Living a life of scrutinization by someone who is said to be better than you, and being locked away in your own head where you're not even able to think freely, can make you go insane and accept that you will not impact the world. And in 1984 you can be successful by doing just this, being nothing and accepting life the way it was already destined for you to be. Truly thriving to be a working part of their society. The book clearly shows the lesser end of freedom, it shows the absolute minimal amount of life a person can live. These people lost all freedom. They lost the ability to think freely, act freely, and pursue a passion freely.
War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength. The party slogan of Ingsoc illustrates the sense of contradiction which characterizes the novel 1984. That the book was taken by many as a condemnation of socialism would have troubled Orwell greatly, had he lived to see the aftermath of his work. 1984 was a warning against totalitarianism and state sponsored brutality driven by excess technology. Socialist idealism in 1984 had turned to a total loss of individual freedom in exchange for false security and obedience to a totalitarian government, a dysutopia. 1984 was more than a simple warning to the socialists of Orwell's time. There are many complex philosophical issues buried deep within Orwell's satire and fiction. It was an essay on personal freedom, identity, language and thought, technology, religion, and the social class system. 1984 is more than a work of fiction. It is a prediction and a warning, clothed in the guise of science fiction, not so much about what could happen as it is about the implications of what has already happened. Rather than simply discoursing his views on the social and political issues of his day, Orwell chose to narrate them into a work of fiction which is timeless in interpretation. This is the reason that 1984 remains a relevant work of social and philosophical commentary more than fifty years after its completion.
1938-1941 His first dog was an English Shepard named Rex, who was a one man dog and his constant traveling companion. Beginning at about age three, he and his dog Rex had an insatiable desire to explore any place that was outside the house and within walking distance. Since both his mother and dad worked long hours at their respective jobs, he had a daytime black maid whose name was Sanctum. Every time Sanctum would turn her back he and his dog would “run off” and poor Sanctum would telephone his mother and in dismay advise her that “Sonny” had run off again. Since Elkhart had a population of about five hundred, most of the citizens had learned to keep a lookout for this wandering boy. When he was spotted by one of the townsfolk, they would call his mother and tell her of his doings and location. His mother would leave her work, go get him, give him a spanking, and return him to the house and Sanctum. This could happen several times a day. One particular incident that wasn’t revealed to his mother until years later was when he climbed the Elkhart water tower (75 ft.). Some of the townspeople coaxed him down with the promise of candy. His mother, who finally realized that “spanking” was not a deterrent to “running off”, put him in bed for twenty four hours after one of his ventures and would not let him get up although he begged for a spanking instead. H...
Kaitlyn Esguerra Mustard ENC1102 March 9, 2017 1984 by George Orwell illustrates an alternate reality in which there is no real freedom and everything that you do, feel, and think is always being monitored. Winston the narrator of the story is a member of the outer party and he lives in Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes his actions are being observed by the Inner Party through objects called telescreens, this happens so that the Inner Party can guarantee loyalty from all of its party members. The party controls everything and is even trying to enforce a new language which eliminates all words that could
George Orwell uses Winston to represent truth in a deceptive world in his novel 1984. In Oceania, Big Brother is the omnipotent and all powerful leader. Everything the government dictates is unquestionably true, regardless of prior knowledge. Even thinking of ideas that go against Big Brother’s regime, or thoughtcrime, is punishable by death. Winston serves as the dystopian hero, longing for freedom and change. Orwell uses Winston to emphasize the importance of individual freedoms, as they give us the ability to fulfillingly lead our respective lives.
It was the last Saturday in December of 1997. My brother, sister, and I were chasing after each other throughout the house. As we were running, our parents told us to come and sit down in the living room. They had to tell us something. So, we all went down stairs wondering what was going on. Once we all got down stairs, the three of us got onto the couch. Then, my mom said, “ Well…”
The setting is important to the overall novel studied because it helps highlight major themes in the novel, it further characterizes the motivations of the characters, and helps explain the overall message of the novel. In 1984 by George Orwell, the overall setting of the novel is in London, which is called Airship 1 in Oceania.
Like many classic dystopian stories, 1984, by George Orwell, is a complex story full of deep social and political issues. One such issue is the government’s restriction of free speech and free thinking. This is best shown through the use of setting and theme. The setting of the book perfectly illustrates that lack of freedom the citizens of Oceania experience.
In starting my piece of creative writing I hoped portray the genre of dystopia through the compelling themes portrayed in 1984 by George Orwell. Orwell uses the themes of modernization/technology, manipulation, rebellion, urban decay and the power through knowledge to portray a totalitarian government. I have written my piece in third person, with the focus on Kyle, a young adult discontent with the new totalitarian government. Like Winston Smith, Kyle shows a certain determination and willingness to rebel. Winston illegally purchases a diary, knowing this could result in his arrest, which is similar to Kyle passing on information about himself, knowing the dangers that held.
Looking back, I remember running through the long lush grass pretending we were at battle andtrying to take cover. I would always find myself behind the old oak tree in our back yard. This was my favorite spot. The thick trunk, like a bodyguard, protected me from the imaginary bullets that flew towards my body. I would lean against the hard bark and for some reason it was comforting to have something sturdy to lean on. It was dark brown, and every now and then a spider would nestle between the pieces of bark. Sometimes I would touch the tree to peek around the corner and my fingers would be sticky. I could never quite figure out why that was, but, nevertheless, I had the hardest time getting it off, a constant reminder of my tree.