George Orwell Mixed Emotions Essay

Mixed Emotions 1984 is a very well written novel by George Orwell. It portrays a society much different than the one we live in today. The reason I titled this paper “mixed emotions” is due to the fact that much like the public this book keeps you thinking. The main character Winston Smith works in the records department of the Ministry of Truth. That sentence alone sums up this book. It paints a picture of what kind of occupancies the people in this society possess. So although this book has been greatly degraded for its sexuality and criticism of communism, 1984 in most people minds one of the greatest books you will ever read. Although most people who have read 1984 just saw it as a good read, many others looked in much deeper way. The public did not react very well to the

The people in this book live in fear because of Big Brother, this person that they have never seen, but are told about. They also fear the Secret Police, an organization that anyone around them could be apart of. The government in the book can say anything they want to and it is believed. On page sixty-nine, it says “In the end the party would announce that two plus two equaled five, and you would have to believe it”. The government (Big Brother) has a huge impact on the citizens of Oceania, not to mention the overpowering control he has over his people. Through my annotations I have noticed that this situation in this book greatly resembles Nazi Germany, under the reign of Adolf Hitler, in 1932. Both leaders manipulated their people by greatly enforcing propaganda, strict rules, and, extreme brainwashing of their people. Overall I believe that the purpose of George Orwell’s writing was to show people to the effect the government had on them. I also believe that he did it in a perfect way due to the fact that he portrayed in way that related to our world