Literary Analysis Essay On 1984 By George Orwell

1984
The novel “1984” written by George Orwell takes place in England, from the viewpoint of one of the main characters, Winston. He lives in a superstate, known as Oceania, that has a controlling government similar to that of communism. Winston doesn’t believe in the way the government is running things, and rebels against it. Orwell was conveying a message through this trying to warn everyone about the negative effects of communism. He wrote the book similar to the way he saw the world he was living in at the time. Orwell didn’t favor dictators like Hitler and Stalin, which ran their government like the way Oceania did in his book. In “1984”, he showed how people fell into these ways, and were controlled through the use of propaganda, the war, and their

“Many are scared to voice their opinions not because they may be punished, but because they may be isolated.” (Economist). This relates to the book because the people of Oceania who thought differently from the party were “isolated” in a way for not being like the rest. The difference in the novel though is that they were punished for having a different opinion. Therefore, the ones who thought differently were scared to express their feelings in any way because they’d be caught by the Thought Police and vaporized. Also in the book, the government used propaganda to instill hate into the public by using “Two Minute Hate” for Oceania to watch. This would make them react outrageously because they’d get mad and it would start a big uproar when the enemy was on the screen. Opposingly, when Big Brother, their leader, was being shown the people would be happy and praise him. “‘My Savior!’... It was apparent that she was uttering a prayer.” (Orwell 16). Fear and hate has always been used on the world. “These oppressive rulers controlled citizens through propaganda and violence.” (Stanley 242) referring to Stalin, Hitler, Tse-tung, Franco, and