1984 Movie Vs Book

These two almost-primordial concepts of the book weren’t explained in a manner to get the viewers to question themselves and the world around them like the book does. These themes should be prioritized for they apply to reality; society could relate to the loss of use of meaningful vocabulary in the english language.In the book, all themes, including interdependent themes like, love and sexuality, independence and language are intricately depicted throughout the span of 400 pages. Meanwhile, a movie adaptation of only 2 hours would never be able to put forward all the themes at once. This results in a composition with less themes and analysable content. Another crucial element of the book that portrays the importance of truth and history is not properly explained and emphasized in the movie.Since this relates to the protagonist Winston,

it should have been more highlighted in the movie. Winston’s job of rewriting the past symbolizes a lot; it is crucial to the understanding of the intentions of the government of Oceania.

The movie only offers basic knowledge about the totalitarian government, which could be dangerous because it changes the panorama for the viewer. This new perspective isn’t very practical because it focuses more on what is happening from a zoomed lense, leaving out the big picture. One thing's for sure, by the end of the book, the reader is left in with a vivid memory of not just particular scenes, but the summation of events that produce a desired effect : ponderment.

Furthermore, the fact that the book leaves the reader in compulsion to analyze much of what takes place makes it more effective. In the 1984 novel, deeper and more profound meanings are present.After all, Orwell’s life was pretty much coming to an end while 1984 was written, making it his ultimate testament. Every single detail has unexpected symbolism behind it, causing the reader to inevitably stop and question things.The movie, in opposition, just skims through the plot ,and doesn’t give the viewer enough time to stop and think. The suspense in the movie keeps you focused on

what’s happening rather than what happened.By the end of the movie, the viewer has only grasped the major themes. Many people think that grasping the major themes sufizes.This is wrong because it is particularly the minor themes that add meaning to the major themes.For example, in the movie, when Winston is reading the book , Julia seems to be relatively interested. However, in the book, Julia falls asleep as Winston is reading it. For the reader, this changes everything because it gives a negative view of Julia. Julia becomes a selfish, not-so-morally-intellectual being. This small detail makes us travel through the different dimensions of rebellion. We come to a realization that the theme of rebellion is present in different forms in the novel. The beauty in this is that the reader gets to visualize in depth the theme of rebellion which is in fact related to the theme of identity. Without this detail in the novel, the reader would not learn that not all forms of rebellion derive from goodness. Julia is rebellious for selfish reasons, not because she possesses an eccentric, genuinely-concerned personality like Winston. However, in the movie, the theme of rebellion is seen as a more of a superficial aspect. It is due to this that the theme of identity is underdeveloped in the movie. This specific example proves that some themes are reinforced through the minor ones. Irrevocably, the number of altered or erased details accumulated, resulting in less profound messages to be present in the movie.
In closing, the book 1984 portrays the full message of the author more efficiently than the movie. This is due to the vivid and intricate descriptions found throughout the book, many themes and messages being left out in the movie, and the fact that the reader is overcome by the thought-provoking material of the book.Even if different perspectives may lead to different opinions about the effectiveness of either compositions, it is important to note that both the book and the movie have unique methods of communicating messages, and therefore shouldn’t be underestimated. In spite of this,books are always the prefered method when it comes to digging out and analyzing messages for they are more concrete and practical . After all, there is a reason why teachers use the 1984 book over the movie to teach in their classrooms.