Power In George Orwell's '1984'

“1984” is a dystopian novel by the english writer George Orwell and it was first published in 1949. The book tells the story of Winston and his attempt to rebel against the totalitarian state in which he lives. Let’s dive into the first thing, which is can we live in a world without love and friendship? I say that it is impossible to continue to survive without love and friendship. We will lose what make us human, we would be a shell of our former selves. Power increases people’s sense of entitlement so that they feel they are more deserving than others despite not having done anything special. There is a good deal of evidence that having power shoots out your empathy system so that you become insensitive to other people’s emotions, even their sufferings. A person’s sense of morality will lessen when power is increased. We might be living in that kind of society right now. Take our leaders for example, leadership, at it’s core, is all about power and influence. Leaders use their power to get things done. Leaders can delude themselves that they are working for the greater good, but engage in behavior that is morally wrong. They can also become “intoxicated” by power-engaging in wrong behavior simply because they can and they can get away with it, and

He believes that mankind will only take so much abuse before their natural dignity causes them to revolt. Winston’s thoughts on the “Spirit of man” apply to history. In history, people have gotten together to overthrow incompetent or abusive leaders, because in their spirit, they are strong and determined in their right to do so. An example in the book, O’Brien tries to tell Winston that he is a broken shell of a man but Winston states that he didn’t betray Julia (299). And by not betraying her Winston has held himself onto those pure things that does make man capable of great things: love and