Nineteen Eighty-Four

This question is rather ambiguous. Ocenia's defining trait is in it's lack of change. At a certain point in the novel, the enemy of the state changes from Eurasia to Eastasia, but due to the conditioning of the population, they react as if the enemy has always been Eastasia. Similarly, disbelief O'Brien has that the proles will never overthrow The Party stems from the fact that they will never break out of their cycle.

Winston Smith realizes the plastic nature of reality and the degree to which the ruling party can manipulate history .

Big Brother

Throughout London, Winston sees posters showing a man gazing down over the words "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU" everywhere he goes. Big Brother is the face of the Party. The citizens are told that he is the leader of the nation and the head of the Party, but Winston can never determine whether or not he actually exists. In any case, the face of Big Brother symbolizes the Party in its public manifestation; he is a reassurance to most people (the warmth of his name suggests his ability to protect), but he is also an open threat (one cannot escape his gaze). Big Brother also symbolizes the vagueness with which the higher ranks of the Party present themselves-it is impossible to know who really rules Oceania, what life is like for the rulers, or why they act as they do. Winston thinks he remembers that Big Brother emerged around 1960, but the Party's official records date Big Brother's existence back to 1930, before Winston was even born.

The Glass Paperweight and St. Clement's Church

By deliberately weakening people's memories and flooding their minds with propaganda, the Party is able to replace individuals' memories with its own version of the truth. It becomes nearly impossible for people to question the Party's power in the present when they accept what the Party tells them about the past-that the Party arose to protect them from bloated, oppressive capitalists, and that the world was far uglier and harsher before the Party came to power. Winston vaguely understands this principle. He struggles to recover his own memories and formulate a larger picture of what has happened to the world. Winston buys a paperweight in an antique store in the prole district that comes to symbolize his attempt to reconnect with the past. Symbolically, when the Thought Police arrest Winston at last, the paperweight shatters on the floor.

The old picture of St. Clement's Church in the room that Winston rents above Mr. Charrington's shop is another representation of the lost past. Winston associates a song with the picture that ends with the words "Here comes the chopper to chop off your head!" This is an important foreshadow, as it is the telescreen hidden behind the picture that ultimately leads the Thought Police to Winston, symbolizing the Party's corrupt control of the past.

The Place Where There Is No Darkness

Throughout the novel Winston imagines meeting O'Brien in "the place where there is no darkness." The words first come to him in a dream, and he ponders them for the rest of the novel. Eventually, Winston does meet O'Brien in the place where there is no darkness; instead of being the paradise Winston imagined, it is merely a prison cell in which the light is never turned off. The idea of "the place where there is no darkness" symbolizes Winston's approach to the future: possibly because of his intense fatalism (he believes that he is doomed no matter what he does), he unwisely allows himself to trust O'Brien, even though inwardly he senses that O'Brien might be a Party operative.

The Telescreens

The omnipresent telescreens are the book's most visible symbol of the Party's constant monitoring of its subjects. In their dual capability to blare constant propaganda and observe citizens, the telescreens also symbolize how totalitarian government abuses technology for its own ends instead of exploiting its knowledge to improve civilization.

The Red-Armed Prole Woman

The red-armed prole woman whom Winston hears singing through the window represents Winston's one legitimate hope for the long-term future: the possibility that the proles will eventually come to recognize their plight and rebel against the Party. Winston sees the prole woman as a prime example of reproductive virility; he often imagines her giving birth to the future generations that will finally challenge the Party's authority.

No big brother began in 1998 - EDIT: question was not about the television show.

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It is subject to interpretation whether or not the character "Big Brother" from the George Orwell book (nineteen eighty-four) exists in the story or not. The two interpretations I personally have found is that a) Yes, he exists and b) No, Big Bother is the personification of the collective, he represents the Party as a figure of power masking the actual members and therefore the Party itself is Big Brother.

At one point the character known as O'brien explains b)* to the main character Winston. Either way in essence, Big Brother exists.

Winston feels very little affection for his wife. He unashamedly starts a very sexual relationship with Julia which shows that he cares little about his prior relationship. Winston also feels that his wife feels very little for him and instead lives to serve the Party.

The 1960s was a time of public questioning and revolt. No longer did citizens simply accept what officials said. People were tired of war, and questioned why we fight. "PEACE" and the "peace symbol" symbolize the decade. Americans also wanted to be recognized as unique individuals; we all did not fit into categories other people determined for us. Women's Lib and feminism were beginning and quickly grew. Many people only hear about Hippies and drug use, but there was a lot of social unrest and push for society to change.

Newspeak is the official language of Oceania, in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. it is characterised by subversion of our understanding of the meanings of words.... so that "war" is peace.

"1984" was a book that very much foreshadowed what is happening now. Unfortunately, many people either can't or ae unwilling to see what is going on right in front of their eyes.

In "1984", government surveillance was everywhere. Where you went, what you did, who you talked to... the government knew your every move.

Today, we may not have monitoring systems in our homes (yet), but the government has increasing power to invade your privacy. Aside from the fact that your internet activities are monitored and your phone calls can be tapped... I know of a woman who recently had her home searched by police for no reason other than that she is an anti-immigrant activist. Last I checked, that was not a crime, but it leads me to my next point.

In "1984", Winston kept a diary where he wrote down all his treasonous thoughts. He was too afraid to act on them or speak about them- he would have been arrested and tortured, maybe even executed, if he had.

Today, our rights to free speech (and with it, free thought) are being eroded. In the US, certain speech is not protected. "Fighting words" are the best example of this. If you call someone a "(insert epithet of your choice here)" and he decides to punch you for it, you are in the wrong for "inciting violence" or something ridiculous like that. In Germany and Austria, men have recently been arrested, tried, and imprisoned for having politically incorrect opinions. In China, those who speak out against the government are arrested and tortured.

In "1984", undesireable history is effectively erased from existence. If the government decided something hadn't happened or had happened differently than the way it actually did, they spread propaganda around and the masses were expected to believe it.

Today, history is a political tool and is often manipulated to serve the interests of certain groups. An extreme example is that the Chinese are taught that the Tiananmen Square masacre was started by students randomly attacking soldiers. But we see the same thing to a lesser extent in the west. The teaching of the Civil War is a prime example. Most people believe the war was fought over slavery (which isn't true) and that the South was evil and the North was good. The South does not get it's side of the story fairly told in schools and most people do not know anything about it. But it is essential to teach it this way so as to be able to promote politically correct propaganda, usually in the form of multiculturalism. Whether you beileve multiculturalism is good or not is irrelevent- what's important is that you are taught it is good, you believe it, and no one ever offers you another viewpoint. This tactic holds true for the teaching of just about every historical event.

In the world of "1984", a new language has also been invented with the purpose of helping to control the thoughts of the masses.

The comparison today would be the way the media lends connotations to certain kinds of words, which, after a period of time, most people come to accept as the actual definition of the word. For example, when most people hear the word "racism", they immediately think "hate". For these people, the definition of racism is hate. However, the real and original definition of racism was simply that one believed there were genetic difference between the races... nothing at all to do with hate. But people's perception of what this word means affects their social and political views. Another good example would be the word "liberal" or "conservative", which have now taken on meanings that are almost completely opposite from their original definitions and are also politically charged words, sometimes used as insults.

I'm assuming you are asking about this for a school assignment, so hopefully these are enough ideas to get you started. :-)

The late Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 -- 21 January 1950) writing under the pen-name of George Orwell wrote "Nineteen Eighty-Four" .

Orwell's choice of titles has long been a matter of debate ; I , personally , feel that a number of factors were in play but the choice of a title is ultimately an author's prerogative . See the related link below to further information .

he realizes that no one should bother with love because they just get tortured for it anyway and that means they can't love anymore.

a communist government, thus a communist economy, hope this helps :)

Freedom and enslavement or free will. Found this answer from the following website...i think you need to pay money to view more: http://www.directessays.com/viewpaper/8488.html = 1984 thematic statements = The thematic statements chosen from the novel 1984 have a lot to do with the policies and way of life in the George Orwell novel. They reflect the story's bleak image of life and the type of world that Winston lives in. Three of the thematic statements chosen are the names of chapters in The Book, and are the main phrases of the Party. The first thematic statement and Party phrase is "War is Peace." (Pg. 26) This applies to the novel because in that society war is important because it creates jobs. If war ended the standard of living would drop. This statement applies only to this novel. In life I feel that war has never been peace and it never will be peace. War is never portrayed as peace in television, movies or books. Orwell makes the society of Oceania seem even more cold by using this as one of the Party's main phrases. This must have been Orwell's goal when he wrote such a phrase. The second thematic statement and Party phrase is "Ignorance is Strength." (Pg. 165) This applies to the novel because it promotes the thought that all people should blindly follow Big Brother without thinking at all. The people are stronger as a large group who does not question Big Brother.

A distopia future (for when it was written) in which three power blocks fight for supremecy. one is always fighting one or the other. Smith's job in the book is to re-write old newspapers to reflect the current truth. Big Brother is the all encompassing fascist power using propoganda to control the population.

Winston and Julia are betrayed by Mr. Charrington, the Thought Police and O'Brien. The betrayed is caused as Winston and Julia were allowed to rent a room in Charrington's shop.

It was banned by the Soviet Union in 1950, as Stalin believed it was based upon his leadership.

His way to work maybe?

Torture

1984 is a dystopia novel which talks about a totalitarian society which is controlled by a single, powerful party. The aim of the party is to maintain power through the use of power and control over the people. The people in the society is constantly being monitored by the party, and any unorthodox behaviour will result in the capture and punishment of the person.
Winston, the protagonist of the novel is unlike other people in the society. He has the consciousness which the others lack and is in constant search of the past in order to discover his identity. The story centred around Winston and his rebellion to the party.

George Orwell belonged to the Edwardian Era.

Winston Smith's job is a clerk in the "Ministry of Truth" where he rewrites/revises history .

It all depends on which perspective you want to look at. George Orwell was writing about a view of the governments of the future. If you read the book with that in mind you will find the government (IE Big Brother) on every page of the book as one of the main characters. Winston even makes the observation after they had caught him that they had been watching him all the time:- They had photos of him with Julia even when they thought they were alone in the forest outside of the city; they had his diary notes even though he had hidden it outside of the view of the telescreen; they had many pieces of information, notes, tape recordings, etc from his life that it appears they had been bugging him 24 hours a day for years. So if the book is about the government system and it is one of the main characters in the book, the government can be seen as the protagonist and Winston as the antagonist. On the flip side, since the book is chiefly written through Winston's eyes, it could be argued that he is the protagonist and the government the antagonist.

Ingsoc (portmanteau of "English Socialism") is the political ideology of the totalitarian government of Oceania in George Orwell's dystopian science fiction novel Nineteen Eighty-Four .

It affected him so deeply because he believes it was his fault that she disappeared