1984 Archetype In 1984

Imagine living in a world where one’s whole life had been planned out for them by the Government; a life in which there were no surprises simply because everyday consisted of the same thing. 1984 written by George Orwell can be an archetype for this kind of world. Living in a totalitarian society, Winston Smith is a low ranked member of the ruling party in London. Winston is constantly watched by the party and had little to no privacy whatsoever. Everywhere he goes, Winston sees face of the party’s leader, called Big Brother. Winston goes through the same motions everyday, secretly hating the party and hoping that there are people around him that aren’t ignorant, but feel the same way as him. If people are ignorant and blindly follow what the

It was a quite normal day in April when Winston Smith was making his way home from work. The conflict in the story becomes more clear when Winston passes multiple decorations of Big Brother, reminding him that Big Brother is always watching. Winston reaches his home. Home, usually a safe place, is not so safe in this society. "Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing.” (3). Home is well known as a place of safety and privacy. In Winston’s world, the government has so much power that no one in the society is safe, even in their own home. This is what happens in a totalitarian society; the people don’t rebel or push for a revolution when they can enabling the government to completely abuse it’s power. If the people living in London had revolted against the government, the extremity of how controlled the people are would not be so

The party in 1984 does all of these things in order to maintain complete power over the people of Oceania. Big Brother is able to have total power over the populace because the people of Oceania have been following and doing whatever Big brother says to do. This is not only an issue that needs to be looked at in the book, but all over the world. If people don’t revolt and stand up for what they believe in when they have the chance, they may end up in a society similar to the one in 1984. It is important for the government to not ever have complete and total power over the people, or they will abuse that power and it will be very hard for the people to successfully have a