Comparing 1984 And Egger's The Circle And 1984

Everyone, at least once in their lives, has taken the time to think of their own idea of a perfect world. But it goes without saying that that world could never come to existence. There is no possibility of any two persons having the exact same vision; there will always be variances, even to the slightest degree. It is far more simpler to decay into a dystopia, a world where nothing is as it should be. It is far easier to pollute than to clean, to corrupt than to purify. There are plenty of books with such worlds, where authors try to depict their personal worst case scenarios. Readers often compare the two books The Circle and 1984, attempting to decide which one would be the more grimmer environment. In this essay, I have compiled these three

I would rather have a blunt force, no matter how strong, to fight back against than being attacked but not knowing because it is not tangibly there for me to resist. The Circle is extremely forward of its notions, literally declaring its plans to the entire world. “The mission of the Circle” is made clear by its newly devised motto “ALL THAT HAPPENS MUST BE KNOWN.” (Eggers 51) Anyone smarter than the protagonist, Mae, could figure out where this would be going. It should have been obvious that privacy would be stripped and consequently individuality for fear of being judged for not following the norm. While Winston is also quite stupid, he has a stubborn mentality to trust himself which Mae does not have. Mae is easily caught up in others’ judgments and is swayed very easily away from her own ideas. Because of this fatal flaw, despite the thick bluntness of the Circle she is manipulated and trashed. As a stark contrast, everything the Party does is sneaky and done to manipulate others for power, and its impact is only revealed to a victim in the face of death. In The Circle, everything is known to everyone whereas in 1984, everything is known by only a select group of people in the Party. Human beings are caged by the trait of forgetfulness, and with the power of knowing everything the Party can change it and reduce it to nothing. Winston’s job is to change the past, rewriting “documentary evidence to” solidify the Party’s impression. (Orwell 40) If the Party has always gotten everything in the past correct, then they must be trustworthy in the present as well. If you had an opinion but the perfect denounces it, you will denounce it as well because the perfect cannot be imperfect. And thus, the higher Party slowly manipulated the minds of its subordinates. They have brainwashed them with propaganda of