How Does Orwell Present Winston's Power In 1984

In 1984, George Orwell criticize the many flaws of the totalitarian government. The main flaws of the government system demonstrated in the novel are the deprivation of freedom of the citizens of Oceania. In 1984, the life of Winston is always filled with dread until the end when he starts to believe in Big Brother. It is due to Big Brother keeping him alive during the torture process because of him believing in him made the torture ease for Winston. Winston rebels against the government because he realized that the laws in Oceania are prejudice and unfair to man. The happiness of Winston found at the end of the book is due to him falling into the trap of a totalitarian government. After Winston, had been tortured by the ministry of love, he was sitting at a café and was listening to the telescreen as he started to constantly say “2+2=5” and “I love big brother” after he had been tortured (Orwell 263). Winston found that the trap to be his form of happiness because it allowed him to survive the torture session, making the totalitarian government very dangerous because Winston would have tragically died if he had not fallen under Big Brother’s fist. The happiness of Winston found at the end of the novel relates to the fact a person’s worth

     Winston is a miserable member of a society he hates, and is controlled and watched in every area of his life. He has no desire to go on

Imagine living in a society where individuals are controlled by the government. Where people can not think about certain things, everyone is always being watched, and are not allowed to have identities. This is what reality is like for Winston Smith, Winston lives in a place called Oceania, where a man called Big Brother rules over everyone with a totalitarian government,with many rules, slogans, and a new language to keep people from thinking. Throughout all of this Winston’s character continues to develop, and has qualities that make him stand out despite being told what to wear and how to act, and these qualities become very important throughout the book.

In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston lives in a dystopian society under a totalitarian regime where he is taught to suppress independent thought and fear the omnipotence of the Party. To the world and the ever-watching thought police, Winston seems to be an ordinary man, conforming to the rules of society and lacking individuality. However, behind his expressionless facade, Winston’s mind desires to express itself, disobeying the Party. Engaging in acts of insubordination, Winston’s mischief makes him dangerous to the Party, whose goal is to eliminate independent thought. Because Winston had contained his thoughts and actions in the past, the Thought Police arrest Winston after seven years of crime because he begins to feel secure

George Orwell was the pseudonym for Eric Arthur Blair, and he was famous for his personnel vendetta against totalitarian regimes and in particular the Stalinist brand of communism. In his novel, 1984, Orwell has produced a brilliant social critique on totalitarianism and a future dystopia, that has made the world pause and think about our past, present and future, as the situation of 1984 always remains menacingly possible. The story is set in a futuristic 1984 London, where a common man Winston Smith has turned against the totalitarian government. Orwell has portrayed the concepts of power, marginalization, and resistance through physical, psychological, sexual and political control. The way that Winston Smith, the central

Winston realizes that Big Brother is controlling people’s lives in a way that he should not be, and he is very passionate about changing that. Winston begins his own rebellion by starting a diary in which he is writes to a time when thoughtcrime is no longer a crime. He eventually gets so passionate that he writes a major truth about himself: “...I don’t care they’ll shoot me in the back of the neck I don’t care down with big brother they always shoot you in the back of the neck I don’t care down with big brother--”(Orwell 19). At this point, Winston is truly revealing what is inside him. He proves that he actually does not care about himself nearly as much as he cares about changing the world, (or at least London).

Although he faces dehumanization by the Party, Winston is able to retain his human rights through his relationship with Julia by utilizing his senses, recalling his past, and creating a private lifestyle away

In the novel 1984, Orwell produced a social critique on totalitarianism and a future dystopia that made the world pause and think about our past, present and future. When reading this novel we all must take the time to think of the possibility that Orwell's world could come to pass. Orwell presents the concepts of power, marginalization, and resistance through physical, psychological, sexual and political control of the people of Oceania. The reader experiences the emotional ride through the eyes of Winston Smith, who was born into the oppressive life under the rule of Ingsoc. Readers are encouraged through Winston to adopt a negative opinion on the idea of communist rule and the inherent dangers of totalitarianism. The psychological

Winston is forced to conform to the totalitarian government because they utilize fear and manipulation to ensure that they control the society, and all the citizens. Winston realizes early the tight grip the Party has on

In the novel 1984, George Orwell relates the tension between outward conformity and inward questioning by allowing the reader to see inside of the mind of Winston Smith. Orwell uses Winston’s rebellious thoughts to counteract his actions in order to show the reader how a dystopian society can control the citizens. Although Winston is in an obvious state of disbelief in the society, his actions still oppose his thoughts because of his fear of the government. Winston’s outward conformity and inward questioning relate to the meaning of the novel by showing Winston’s fight to truth being ended by the dystopian society’s government.

Most of the population consisted of proles, people who lived in poverty. Even Winston’s apartment complex was not in decent condition. “The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats...It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working.” (1) There was also constant surveillance through telescreens and the Thought Police. Oceania was ruled by the Party, and through his job, Winston caught a glimpse of the Party’s corruption. His job was to rewrite history where it favored the Party and Big Brother’s words. Winston began to grow a sense of hatred towards the Party as time passed, and his rebellious desires grew along with it. One of his first acts of thoughtcrime was purchasing a diary and writing in it. Another major crime he committed was having a love affair with Julia. In contrast to a hero’s conformity, Winston was quite a rebel. However, one of his greatest flaws was his continuous paranoia every time he committed thoughtcrime. Once he wrote in his diary, Winston figured that “He was already dead.” (28) He believed that his capture was inevitable, and was fearing it day by day. When he arrived at the rendezvous he and Julia agreed upon, Winston questioned the privacy of the clearing in the woods. “There were no telescreens, of course, but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized..” (117) Winston was a rebel who was not on the right side on

During Joseph Stalin’s regime of the Soviet Union, 1984, the Classic Dystopian novel by George Orwell, was burned and banned, because the book shone a negative light on communism. The book, 1984, follows the life of Winston Smith, who lives in a country called Oceania. Oceania is a totalitarian society, ruled by a government known as The Party, whose leader is called Big Brother. In Oceania, every movement and sound every person makes is constantly surveillanced, and one wrong facial expression, statement, or action can cause the ‘Thought Police’ to take the person away to never be seen again. A small percentage of the population questions The Party’s dictatorship, and the novel follows Winston’s struggles to keep his hatred of The Party

The main character in George Orwell’s 1948 novel, 1984, Winston Smith can be seen as many things. To some, he may be a hero, but to others he is a coward and a fool. Throughout the novel, Winston’s characteristics are explored, and readers are shown the reasoning behind Winston’s twisted mind. It is evident that although Winston thinks he had control over his own mind and body, this is an imagined factor. The world of 1984 is one of a totalitarian society, where no one can be trusted, and no one is safe, Winston being the primary example of one who trusted thoughtlessly.

Additionally, the portrayal of this dystopian society controlled by a totalitarian government might have been understood well by contemporary audiences, mirroring the rules of totalitarian regimes such as Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy- the citizens have no influence on the government and have no freedom of choosing the rules that govern and control every part of their lives. Therefore, Winston blames the misery in his life totally and completely on the government and on Big Brother. In Winston’s case, we can see that the propaganda, deprivation, and strict rules fail to make him concur with the party and accept Big Brother- in this situation, the party has to use extreme force and torture to make Winston love the party as well as Big Brother, in order for the party to maintain complete power.

In 1984, the last and largest work of Orwell’s life, the oppression becomes even more sinister. Winston, a member of the “party,” decides to break away from the melancholy lifestyle in which “freedom is slavery” and rebel against the government that restrains him. The party even erases all of history and claims that reality is within the mind; “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” He becomes conscious of all the trickery and lies of the party and joins a secret organization to fight for freedom. The organization, however, is a lie and Winston is tortured until he learns to truly love Big Brother. 1984 makes prominent stabs at the