How Does Orwell Create A Dystopian Society

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The best feeling in the world is love and happiness. In today’s society, we are very fortunate to experience love, happiness, and liberty. After reading the works of Aldous Huxely and George Orwell, it made me realise how different my society is compared to the depiction of the future by Huxely and Orwell. Orwell described the future as if we live under a dictator, and Huxely described it as “everyone can have their needs, as long as you let me be in complete power”. In today’s society, we have the freedom to speak out against unfair policies set by the government. 1984 explained what can happen if we lived in a dystopian society. He gave plenty of examples of how the government has an impact on our lives. For example, in the story, the quote “Big Brother is watching you” (Orwell, 2) indicates that no matter what you do, the government is monitoring our every move. The quote blends in with society today because our phones are tapped to see what we search, the apps we use, and the government listens to our phone calls for our …show more content…

Personally, I think it is the most magical feeling. Our vision of love in this society is so much more than taking pills to make us happy, or “engaging” with others to make us happy. Love is about being with those who make us feel special. “Actual happiness looks pretty squalid comparison with the over-compensation for misery, and of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability…”(Huxely, 221) This event shows how different 1984, Brave New world, and our society is. One version of happiness that we have in our society, are books. Orwell and Huxely have very opposite views about books. According to Bill Moyers.com, he says “The book 1984 is a warning” because “ Hate can ruin us”. However, A Brave New World is about “pleasure” because Huxely believed that “love can ruin us”. “It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words” (chapter 5, 1984,

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