‘1984’ by George Orwell and the novel ‘Divergent’ by Veronica Roth are very similar. The factions and ministries, the social classes-what they wear and how class is determined, stage 2 fear tests and room 101, characters, and how controlling Erudite and the Party is are just some of the ways that the books are the same. In Divergent the people are split into what are called factions depending on what they do for the community, such as growing crops or enforcing the law. In 1984, the people are first split into social classes then in what are like factions. They are split into what ministry they work in, such as ministry of love or peace. The job is permanent once they have chosen it or it has been chosen for them. As far as social classes go, in Divergent the class is considered mostly the same because they all get the same supplies so there isn 't a lot of a difference, but depending on what faction they are in they do wear different colored clothes. The colors are also prevalent in 1984 too, depending on which ministry one works in determines the color of overalls the person wears. In 1984, there is the Party- inner and outer, and the proles. The inner party are the rich people and have the It is a big deal in Divergent that faction comes before blood, because depending on which faction a child chooses they might have to leave their family and never see them again, and they must stay with that faction forever. Tris uses this slogan: Faction before Blood many times in the novel. In 1984, the party puts out slogans like War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength. These slogans are what the Party uses to rule the city. Also, O’Brien tells Winston that the whole reason the party does everything it does to ‘keep the peace’ and in Divergent the woman who is trying to overthrow the Abnegation faction to run the government herself says “all we want is to keep the
The perfect society always exist in one form or another in everyone’s minds. The only problem with this is that no one ever thinks about the negatives of these societies. Comparing and contrasting this book and movie will show us how great and how terrible these places really are. The book 1984 and the movie Minority Report, have many striking differences as well as similarities. These differences and similarities can be seen throughout the setting, main characters, and themes in both 1984 and Minority Report.
The book, 1984, is a classic example of an utopian scenario. There are also other societies that are similar to
Aldous Huxley 's Brave New World, George Orwell 's 1984, and Anthony Burgess ' A Clockwork Orange all present a distinct, multi-faceted dystopia. Elements of the human psyche are exploited in order to preserve each civilization. Any threat of defiance is thoroughly investigated and the three governments engage strategies to handle them. Although the customs and laws are different in the respective societies, each demonstrates the extremes of behavior, the power of conditioning, and the innate need to belong.
A utopian society represents a perfect, idealistic civilization, while a dystopian society describes an unpleasant environment for the individuals living within it. George Orwell’s 1984 portrays many characteristics of a dystopian society. Very similarly, Veronica Roth’s Divergent tells the story of a government that forcefully separates and controls its citizens. 1984 and Divergent both share the presence of harsh regulation and control from their respective governments. Orwell and Roth’s novels compare Ministries and Factions, conformity and obedience, Proles and the Factionless, and government regulation, in a similar, yet negative way.
Comparing and Contrasting main elements in Brave New World and 1984 “Power is of two kinds”. One is obtained by the fear of punishment, and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment” -Mahatma Gandhi. In this quote, Gandhi discusses different elements of how power is maintained in a society. The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley displays a futuristic society controlled through pleasure, while 1984 by George Orwell displays the other side of the spectrum where power is strictly enforced by fear.
The dystopian novel “1984” and the movie “V for Vendetta”, share a variety of differences and similarities. Both have a totalitarian government in which they have absolute power over politics, religion and human rights. Extensive speech, critical thinking, thoughtful writing, and voice of opinion has either been restricted or limited in 1984’s Oceania and V for Vendetta’s future London. The protagonists in both novels and films have “resisted” their government. However, the methods used to employ their “rebellion” are quite different.
The first similarity I would like to discuss is the different classes of people. In the Oceanic society Orwell explained that there were three classes of citizens: the Inner Party members like O?Brien, who had all the power, the Outer Party members like Winston and Julia, who worked for the government in one of the four Ministries and the ?proles? the so-called lower class people who did not actually qualify to belong to the Inner or Outer Party. These people were put on the same level with animals. The similarities that I see in our society are that we also have three different classes of people. We have the Upper Class which are Senators and Generals who can basically do as they please and get what they want, then we have the Middle Class which are people who work for other people or for the government, people who have to work hard to reach near the ...
From a structural perspective, movies and novels appear as polar opposites. A film uses actors, scripts, and a set in order to create a visual that can grab and keep the attention of their viewers. However, an author strives to incorporate deeper meaning into their books. Despite these differences in media, 1984 and The Hunger Games present unique, yet similar ideas.
In modern society these 3 traditional social classifications, working, middle and upper class are outdated, fitting less than 40 percent of the United Kingdom's population. In April 2013 the British Broadcast Corporation introduced a new model for social classification, within the United Kingdom. Social class and socioeconomic groups traditionally have been defined by income, occupation and ed...
First, the way the classes are differentiated by the colour of each classes clothing. The different colours determine what station the person is. The females are the colour of clothing while the males are by uniform. “…their blue wives
Both of the authors in 1984 and The Hunger Games present their ideas of dystopia to their readers similarly in many ways however there are some differences. As Tennessee Williams once said “caged birds accept each other but freedom is what they long for,” this quote represents both novels as the citizens of Panem and Oceania live under a terrifying dictatorship whereby they are constantly under surveillance without freedom, liberty or anything to enjoy within the society. 1984 and The Hunger Games are based in locations where the citizen are psychologically controlled as the governments are both oppressive and invasive through totalitarianism, societal inequality and with the help of technology.
Set in a futuristic dystopia Chicago there is a society that is divided into five factions: Abnegation; selflessness, Amity; peaceful, Candor; honest, Dauntless; brave, and Erudite; knowledgeable. Each represents a different virtue of living one’s life. The children of this society have to decide whether they want to stay in their faction or switch to another, the choice is theirs. The young Beatrice “Tris” Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone including herself. After what seems to be the wrong choice, Tris and her fellow faction members have to go through a very competitive training in order to live with their new faction. They must go through intense psychological tests and extreme physical training that can either transform them or destroy them. If they fail to complete their training successfully they will be left frictionless and an outcast to society. While the Dauntless train, the Erudite devolve a life threatening plan that is carried out that night. They developed a serum that stops the brain’s thought process and all of the Dauntless become sleeper soldiers for they were injected with it. The serum does not work on Tris or Tobias “Four” Eaton because they are both Divergent. When they try to escape they are both caught and brought to Jeanine, the Erudite leader. She then sentences Tris to death and Tobias is sent to the control room to view the attack. Tris is locked inside a glass tank that fills with water, but moments later her mother saves her life. ...
When people predict the future, they usually foresee events or advances that they want to experience, such as world peace or flying cars. This is the case in neither Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World nor George Orwell’s 1984. In both novels, Huxley and Orwell extract their fears from their own minds and place them into a futuristic society. Social critic, Neil Postman, contrasts both of these author’s fears. In his contrast, Postman determines that both Huxley’s fears and representation of a future society are more prevalent in modern society than those of Orwell’s. What makes Postman’s assertion true is the acceptance of oppression and the effects of technology which Huxley’s society and the modern United States share over Orwell’s society in
Orwell's economic views and opinions introduced are rarely in his literary works, he wrote many volumes of his political commentary, which is expressed in a totalitarian world. In "1984", his expressions on totalitarianism and controlled societies are very pessimistic and negative (Roback 127). Orwell's thoughts on technology were indifferent, he did not support it or go against it, all that mattered when technology came into the picture was who controlled it, (Roback 127). Orwell's views sync with the character in the book; Orwell's views and Smith's are the same and have the same standpoints on totalitarianism. Orwell’s "1984" creates a grim picture of humanity's existence within an extremely controlling totalitarian government.
After reading the book and watching the movie 1984 there were similarities and differences between the two. The novel is about manipulating people in believing in something that isn’t really there and about erasing history. Both the book and film focused on: authority, government, and war. The book and film follow the theme of conformity to control society.