Exclusivity In 1984

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Apart from a few, humans have always followed the crowd as it is harder to go against several people for their own beliefs. In the prose, 1984 written by George Orwell the fear of being judged, the bandwagon effect, and having the privilege to exclusivity demonstrate that this novel is a commentary on society. Throughout the passage, Orwell displays the fear of being judged through the character O’Brian. When Winston makes eye contact with O’Brian, “O’Brian seemed to be saying […] ‘I am on your side!’” (Orwell paragraph 8) and then his face became “inscrutable as everybody else’s.” (Orwell paragraph 8). This shows that although O’Brian had a different opinion just like Winston he changed his facial expression quickly to fit in with the rest. He felt that if he had said done something against the protesters, he would be attacked. This happens a lot in society, people hide their emotions because they do not know how others will react to their opinion. In the excerpt, Orwell describes a setting that vividly shows the bandwagon effect. “the expression of his eyes might conceivably have betrayed him. […] The thoughts were flowing […] through …show more content…

Exclusivity allows people to be apart of a group that consists of the majority. “the rage that […] could be switched from one object to another” (Orwell paragraph 3) made people fear. They did not want to stand out as it could put them in danger. Orwell talks about how “it was impossible to avoid jumping in” (Orwell Paragraph 2) trying to explain his actions and why he did what he had done. He had done this to not end up on the wrong side of the event. They restricted themselves to one side of this event, the side more people were on which in their mind would have a likely chance of ruling over the opposition. This happens in society when people get into physical fights with each other, people watching usually support the person who has more

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