Light And Dark In 1984 Essay

After meeting Julia, he decides to openly become a rebel, and without hesitation he falls in love with Julia. This is an act of rebellion by Winston and Julia, because the government forbids love and sexual relations in any relationship. The two rebels have a relationship that they feel is secret, but in reality the government knows all. Julia and Winston would have never acted upon their actions if they were not influenced by writing ideas down, but the couple acted upon their thoughts which soon got them into deeper trouble than they could ever imagine. The torture and experiences that Winston and Julia went through after they were captured by the government shows just how powerful authority is. The end result of Winston betraying Julia is a product of how the government controlled and manipulated Winston’s mind to do unthinkable and hurtful actions. Conforming to a

Julia and Winston managed to meet up out of view of the telescreen and determined a place to rendezvous, this started their forbidden love affair. “Life as she saw it was quite simple. You wanted a good time; ‘they, ' meaning the Party, wanted to stop you having it; you broke the rules as best you could” (Orwell 165). Julia was not so much interested in widespread rebellion; she simply wanted to outwit the party and enjoy herself, unlike Winston who wanted everyone to rebel.

In his book, 1984, Orwell has created a dark and gloomy atmosphere for the readers to witness the negative impact brought forth by a totalitarian government. Orwell has succeeded in depicting the dangers of a totalitarian government by using imagery and figurative language to create the dark and gloomy atmosphere.

This leads me to the allegory present in 1984. As you all know, an allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. If you think back to the time in which the novel was written, just after WWII, and just after Stalin’s time in power, the political message becomes very clear. Big Brother, and his oppressive nature are

This is compounded by the initial description of Julia's character. As Julia is supposed to be pure, symbolized by the red sash she wears as a member of the local abstinence section, and she is described to be fairly attractive. Wilson's thoughts during one of the daily Hate sessions, however, turn even darker. If in this beginning, Julia is shown as a somewhat positive example of humanity, and human nature, Wilson is shown as a clearly distruptive one...

Described as “young”, “free-spirited”, and “practical”, Julia differs from Winston in many ways. She is open about her sexuality, and sleeps with several party members before she meets Winston. Although these acts are frowned upon in the eyes of The Party, Julia doesn’t intend them that way, and tells Winston that it is only to satisfy her own desires. Julia only “..questioned the teachings of the party when they in some way touched upon her life”(153). She was too young to remember a life that contradicted The Party’s teachings, and because she believed all Party propaganda to be lies, Julia had no interest in what those teachings were anyway.

He implies this ideology on the government’s excessive use of Propaganda. The novel begins with Winston Smith, a protagonist, walking into his house gloomily. Inside his home, a “telescreen” play loudly and continuously. As Winston looks outside, he sees that, “Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere. The black-mustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house front immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deep into Winston's own” (Orwell 6). Orwell implies the reality of how the totalitarian government is able brainwash people with the power of propaganda. By using imagery, “eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything,” he describes the vivid picture of a depressing environment of totalitarian society. This sequentially reflects people’s psychological mind due to the government’s misuse of propaganda. Orwell further stresses totalitarians’ abuse of power through the use of appeal to fear, “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.” This statement reminds the citizens who hold the

1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian- an imagined place in which everything is unpleasant or bad- novel that tells of the alarming future. The novel tells of a totalitarian government (called the “Party”) that uses manipulation and intense surveillance to gain control over the minds of its citizens. Orwell writes,"war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength (6)". These three slogans are the core of the Party. Set in Airstip One, which is a province of the superstate Oceania, the protagonist Winston Smith, searches for independence from the social norms. In the beginning of the novel, Orwell describes posters that say “big brother is watching you (3)”. The “big brother” these posters are referring to is a man with a

Many of Julia?s actions throw suspicion back on her. One example is her attitude towards the Party. ?She hated the Party, and said so in the crudest words, but she made no general criticism of it,? (109). Any true enemy of the Party would have endless complaints about the Party, enough to fill all the books in the world and even then some. But Julia has none, and it makes no logical sense. She cares nothing about the lies the Party spreads about itself; she seems to only hate it in a physical sense?because ?it was just as natural that ?they? should want to rob you of your pleasures as you should want to avoid being caught,? (109).

The realism movement of the late nineteenth century produced works in literature that were marked by reduced sentimentality and increased objectivity. The goal was to let details tell the story, and remove noticeable bias of the author through scientific and detailed descriptions. While this form of storytelling undoubtedly is most accurate, it creates difficulties for authors to incorporate their themes into the story. This resulted in an increase in symbolism in realist works. The objects and descriptions within the story are the author’s vehicle for displaying the values and themes of the work. Light and darkness are symbols commonly used in literature, and have held specific symbolic

Through a formalist lens, Erika Gottlieb portrays Orwell’s use of symbols and allusions to the church as his attempt to satirize and criticize both totalitarianism and the church itself. As Gottlieb begins her examination of 1984, she questions whether or not “Orwell uses religion to make fun of totalitarianism, or . . . totalitarianism to make fun of religion” (Gottlieb). However, Gottlieb seems to come to a conclusion that Orwell’s goal was to mock both institutions. She first reveals Orwell’s satirical portrayal of totalitarianism through symbolism and interprets the eye of Big Brother as “a fundamental concept of mysticism being that the human Soul is always in the presence of God.

To her, freedom was “[keeping] the small rules” so “you could break the big ones” (Orwell 129). Julia doesn't believe in associating herself with an organization such as the Brotherhood because she thinks their pointless and they have no direct impact on her life. She is under the impression she already attained freedom since she is able to indulge in some of the perks that The Party is trying to keep her. Although Julia is not a firm supporter of freedom, she does tend to think with her heart. Even from the beginning Julia has so much confidence in love, she risk her life just to pass a note to Winston which read “I love you” (Orwell 108). Her faith in emotion persisted when she and Winston talk about the consequences of The Party finding out about their love affair. Winston claims that confession is not the worst deed The Party can coerce them do, rather force them to stop loving the other. Julia trusts that “they can't do

Julia is first shown as a sexless figure since she is a member of the Anti-Sex League. When Winston first sees Julia, he does not know her name. He only knows that she works in the Fiction Department. Winston “disliked nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones. It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy” (10). This demonstrates that at the beginning of the novel, he does not like Julia. He thinks that she is dangerous, and wants to get him in trouble. He thinks that she is a member of the thought police and that she will turn him in. This proves the assumptions of men and how Winston just assumes that Julia is dangerous. According to Meia, a writer for Medium, “Winston started out hating Julia simply because he wanted to have sex with her. In knowing, or assuming, that that would never happen, Winston finds himself cheated out of something that he feels he ought to have” (Meia). Winston does not like Julia because he feels like she will get him in trouble, but he has an attraction toward her. With her Anti-sex League sash, he thinks that she will follow the rules of the Party. He feels like if he would have sex with the young and beautiful Julia without getting caught, then that would be the ultimate rebel and they will defeat Big Brother. Winston thinks that all women in Oceania are all complete followers of the Party and will not disobey the laws. However, Julia's appearance deceives Winston, and he finds out that she is unorthodox and has the same intention as he

The conflict between good and evil is used throughout literature. Like the movie Star Wars, Dickens novel depicts good and evil in the form of light and darkness. Throughout A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens writes about the French Revolution, love, and death. Charles Dickens uses a contrast of a “Light” and “Dark” theme in his characters. For example, Lucie, Madame Defarge, and Carton are all described in a different shades of light .

Julia is the epitome of everything that Winston loathes; pretty young women, for it makes him think of his own wife and emphasizes his jealousy. However we eventually find out that she shares Winston’s ideals about the hatred of Big Brother, and she is described as a “sexual rebel”, and had sex with various Party members, but saves herself from being caught by the Thought Police by wearing the red sash of the Anti-Sex League. Julia deceives almost everyone in this dystopian society, by posing as an innocent young woman, but secretly rebelling and hating the Party. Julia’s deceiving nature is indicated through her “ripping off the scarlet sash of the Junior Anti-Sex League, and flinging it onto a nearby bough.” The choice of diction used by Orwell emphasizes both Julia’s reckless nature and her dislike for the party; “flinging” the sash indicates to the audience that she does not actually believe in the Junior Anti-Sex League; that is was indeed a cover to protect herself from being caught, and the word “scarlet” to describe the color of the sash is perhaps even a warning or a foreshadowing that something bad will happen in the future with Winston and Julia regarding the validity of Julia’s membership in this chastity pledge. Through her actions, Julia has been deceiving the Party for a long time, as well as deceiving Big Brother for she has not been caught for 12 years, until her and Winston’s affair becomes known to the Thought Police.