1984 Spirit Of Man Essay

The book 1984 takes place in a dystopian society where Winston Smith lives. Winston, an Outer Party member; He has been manipulated for twenty-seven years to follow Big Brother, but somehow Winston is not on the same page as the other members. During the end, Winston is taken to the Ministry of Love. Winston is torture and brainwashing to love Big Brother. While there, he has a conversation with O’Brien an inner party member. “We are the priest of power,” he said “God is power. But at present power is only a word so far as you are concerned… Power over matter---external reality, as you could call it---is not important. Already our control over matter is absolute.” “But how can you control matter?” he burst out. “You don’t even control the

climate or the law of gravity.

And there are disease, pain, death---” …”Yes I consider myself superior.” The meaning of the spirit of man is that humans will have hope and individuality. It also means to come together in times of need. In the passage, Winston explains it, the spirit of man, as a method to defeat Big Brother and the inner party.

However, the spirit of man will have no contribution to the end of Big Brother if that ever happens. The people in the book show no representation of the spirit of man. They are all the same, and are guided by fear enforced by the Inner Party. From a reader’s point of view, the outer party has already fallen under Big Brother’s control. Fallen in a sense of they have no sense of unity, they are quick betray each other if it benefits them. They have no regard for family or comradery. “We are the dead,” he said. “We are the dead,” echoed Julia dutifully. “You are the dead,” said an iron voice behind them… The black eyebrows were less bushy, the wrinkles were gone, the whole lines of the face seemed to have altered; even the nose seemed

shorter. It was the alert, cold face of a man of about five-and-thirty. It occurred to Winston that for the first time in his life he was looking, with knowledge, at a member of the Thought Police.” writes Orwell. Mr. Charrington, an undercover Thought Policemen, knew there was a telescreen in the apartment before renting it out to Winston. How could the people be considered together or even have the audacity to call the other citizens comrade, when they are betraying one another such as Mr. Charrington. The children are even turning on their parents. Children if anything should have some form of loyalty to your parents. “As the door opened, the wave of air that it created brought in the powerful smell of cold sweat. Parsons walked into the cell… “She listened at the keyhole. Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh? I don’t bear her any grudge for it.In fact I’m proud of her. It shows I brought her up in the right spirit, anyway.” These actions do not show unity in any way which is a key part in the spirit of man.

People may say that Winston’s belief was true peering through his point of view the spirit of man can be stronger the the inner party. The proles for example they have a certain freedom the outer party is not privileged to possess. They can have sex whenever they please. They are allowed to have copious amounts of children. Also, they have the right to be individuals.

Winston says, “If there is any hope, it lies in the proles.” He ultimately is trying to say that the proles represent the spirit of man. Unlike the outer party, proles have the strength to take down Big Brother and the inner party with the lack of manipulation used on the. In other words, they are more capable to defeat Oceania.

Now look at into what goes on in the world, people are killing each other.

There is a small amount of the spirit of man in our society today. The recent mass shooting at the church in Texas.The shooter, Devin Patrick Kelly, was 26 years old when he opened fire at a church killing 26 peoples. The victims were shot in cold blood with no motive for the shooting. If the world had the spirit of man, people would never have to worry about the actions of other or fear for their lives. Social media is also something destroying the spirit of man. Majority of the society are so connected with social media they are disconnected to what happens in the world they live in. Regular social media users believe everything that comes through their timeline on Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Facebook without checking the facts. Someone could say a celebrity died, and the rest of the world would believe it and proceed to say RIP to said

celebrity.

It is outrageous how gullible our society is to news being provided on social media. The society needs to limit access to social media to become reconnected with others and the world. Also. the society’s people have no regard for others lives. Take into account how many shootings that have happened in the past few years. Children and Adults killed, and lives cutten short. People need to relearn the meaning of life, and how precious it is to people.