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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Prelude
- “Who controls the past, (…) controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” (Page 44, Line 9-11) On the firsts chapters of George Orwell's novel '1984' we get introduced to the main character, Winston Smith. We learn that he works as a journalist for the ministry of Truth which is the local news outlet of London, Airstrip One. This is a world were the government has mass control over its citizens, some of Smith’s co-workers actually had the responsibility of deleting some of the words from the dictionary, just because the government wanted people to communicate less and work more. The political party was governed by ‘Big Brother’ a figure so powerful that he could see anyone of its citizens at anytime. 1984 touches on themes of totalitarianism, government overreach and manipulation. It is one of the most forward thinking novels George Orwell has released and it arguably his best work.
- Part I
- On Part 1 of 1984 we learn the setting and main character of this story, Winston Smith. He lives in an apartment complex called Victory Mansions, the unique thing about these apartments is that all of them are equipped with a monitor and a camera that government can see through. Citizens can dim the monitor but it cannot be turned off, this means that the government can monitor people and what they do at anytime.
- As chapter 1 progresses we learn about a daily tradition called “2 minutes hate” during this ritual people get together and express their negative energy towards a specific person, in this particular day they were hating on Emmanuel Goldstein. Goldstein was against the government’s rules, he actually wrote a book explaining why this society was so flawed, but he got turned down shortly after he finished the book. After the 2 minutes hate ritual comes to an end Smith wrote on his journal, “Down With Big Brother” multiple times which was considered a thought-crime and he could get executed for it.
- As the chapters progressed Winston meets Julia, she works at the Junior Anti-Sex League and Smith had previously seen her in the “2 minutes hate” tradition. Julia, like Winston, feels like the government is up to no good. She’s very similar to Fahrenheit 451’s Clarisse McClellan, they’re both optimistic, determined and have some sort of youthful innocence to them. In addition, both of the main characters fall in love with them at some point. In the last chapter of Part 1 Winston goes to a club where he meets with Mr. Charrington, the owner of the club, he shows Winston a room above the club that contains zero monitors and zero cameras, that means that the government cannot see or control anything that happens up there. Soon after that night Julia and Winston move into that apartment.
- As chapter 1 progresses we learn about a daily tradition called “2 minutes hate” during this ritual people get together and express their negative energy towards a specific person, in this particular day they were hating on Emmanuel Goldstein. Goldstein was against the government’s rules, he actually wrote a book explaining why this society was so flawed, but he got turned down shortly after he finished the book. After the 2 minutes hate ritual comes to an end Smith wrote on his journal, “Down With Big Brother” multiple times which was considered a thought-crime and he could get executed for it.
- On Part 1 of 1984 we learn the setting and main character of this story, Winston Smith. He lives in an apartment complex called Victory Mansions, the unique thing about these apartments is that all of them are equipped with a monitor and a camera that government can see through. Citizens can dim the monitor but it cannot be turned off, this means that the government can monitor people and what they do at anytime.
- Part II
- Part 2 of George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’ is the longest part of the book (With 10 chapters) but it's also the most interesting part. During the first few chapters of part 2, Julia and Winston spend a lot of their time doing a lot of intimate things in the room on top of Mr. Charrington’s club. Things start to escalate around Chapter 5, one of Winston’s co-workers (Syme) died. Syme believed in Goldstein’s theory, (the theory that the government was corrupt) the government found out about it, and vaporized him (Vaporization is when get discreetly assassinated and erased from society).This hit Smith hard because he saw how the institutions and the party were trying to basically delete any memory of that person, this strengthen Winston and Julia’s believe that the government was corrupt.
- After the death of Syme, Smith and Julia knew that they had to get their hands on the journal that Emmanuel Goldstein had written, they started talking to multiple people including O’ Brien, another Co-Worker in the ministry of Trust. O’ Brien invited Smith to his house to talk over their plans, Winston trusted his Co-worker, he was a member of ‘The Brotherhood’ an anti-party group. When he finally arrived to O’Brien’s home he found out some of the luxuries his co-worker had, he could turn his monitor for at least 30 minutes per day. He turned off the monitor and asked Smith and Julia what were their plans, Winston told the whole plan and O’ Brien was all for it.
- A few days later, Julia and Winston shortly after waking up are surprised to see the police in their front door. Mr. Charrington backstabbed the couple, him along side O’ Brien were part of the police, Julia and Winston got arrested and that’s how part 2 ends.
- After the death of Syme, Smith and Julia knew that they had to get their hands on the journal that Emmanuel Goldstein had written, they started talking to multiple people including O’ Brien, another Co-Worker in the ministry of Trust. O’ Brien invited Smith to his house to talk over their plans, Winston trusted his Co-worker, he was a member of ‘The Brotherhood’ an anti-party group. When he finally arrived to O’Brien’s home he found out some of the luxuries his co-worker had, he could turn his monitor for at least 30 minutes per day. He turned off the monitor and asked Smith and Julia what were their plans, Winston told the whole plan and O’ Brien was all for it.
- Part 2 of George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’ is the longest part of the book (With 10 chapters) but it's also the most interesting part. During the first few chapters of part 2, Julia and Winston spend a lot of their time doing a lot of intimate things in the room on top of Mr. Charrington’s club. Things start to escalate around Chapter 5, one of Winston’s co-workers (Syme) died. Syme believed in Goldstein’s theory, (the theory that the government was corrupt) the government found out about it, and vaporized him (Vaporization is when get discreetly assassinated and erased from society).This hit Smith hard because he saw how the institutions and the party were trying to basically delete any memory of that person, this strengthen Winston and Julia’s believe that the government was corrupt.
- Part III
- Part 3 of 1984 starts with Winston locked up on a cell, he sees how all the other prisoners are being treated, one of them got sent to room 101 and the prisoner started to freak out he really did not want to go to that room. The guards put Winston in some sort of torture contraption, the main purpose of that was to control and manipulate prisoners into being whatever the government wants them to be. They play a lot of mind games on Winston, at one point after a session, O’Brien went to Winston’s cell and asked him what are his thoughts on Big Brother, he answered aggressively “I hate him”. This triggered his former co-worker, and he got sent to room 101.
- Smith learned that room 101 is different for everyone. Room 101 was a torture chamber composed of things that the prisoner disliked. In Winston’s case, he hated rats, O’Brien sat him down on a chair, next to him there was a table with a contraption on top of it. The contraption was some type of head mask that on one side had straps and the mold to put the prisoner’s face in and on the other side it had two hungry sewer rats. This is obviously a very gruesome torture device that no-one should experience but Winston had to put it on. O’ Brien slowly was bringing the mask closer and closer to Winston’s face, Smith was terrified and just before the mask was on him he screamed, ‘Do it to Julia.” This is a very important line because it showed that the government had, metaphorically speaking, won the fight against Winston.
- This line showed that the flaw in Winston mentality, you see, it's very hard to see Big Brother quit because he is such a large and powerful person while Winston is not he is just a normal citizen that went to the ministry of love and got ‘fixed’. This is a very sad ending to the story because you always want the protagonist to come out on top at the end, but unfortunately that does not happen in this story.
- Smith learned that room 101 is different for everyone. Room 101 was a torture chamber composed of things that the prisoner disliked. In Winston’s case, he hated rats, O’Brien sat him down on a chair, next to him there was a table with a contraption on top of it. The contraption was some type of head mask that on one side had straps and the mold to put the prisoner’s face in and on the other side it had two hungry sewer rats. This is obviously a very gruesome torture device that no-one should experience but Winston had to put it on. O’ Brien slowly was bringing the mask closer and closer to Winston’s face, Smith was terrified and just before the mask was on him he screamed, ‘Do it to Julia.” This is a very important line because it showed that the government had, metaphorically speaking, won the fight against Winston.
- Part 3 of 1984 starts with Winston locked up on a cell, he sees how all the other prisoners are being treated, one of them got sent to room 101 and the prisoner started to freak out he really did not want to go to that room. The guards put Winston in some sort of torture contraption, the main purpose of that was to control and manipulate prisoners into being whatever the government wants them to be. They play a lot of mind games on Winston, at one point after a session, O’Brien went to Winston’s cell and asked him what are his thoughts on Big Brother, he answered aggressively “I hate him”. This triggered his former co-worker, and he got sent to room 101.
- Part I
- “Who controls the past, (…) controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” (Page 44, Line 9-11) On the firsts chapters of George Orwell's novel '1984' we get introduced to the main character, Winston Smith. We learn that he works as a journalist for the ministry of Truth which is the local news outlet of London, Airstrip One. This is a world were the government has mass control over its citizens, some of Smith’s co-workers actually had the responsibility of deleting some of the words from the dictionary, just because the government wanted people to communicate less and work more. The political party was governed by ‘Big Brother’ a figure so powerful that he could see anyone of its citizens at anytime. 1984 touches on themes of totalitarianism, government overreach and manipulation. It is one of the most forward thinking novels George Orwell has released and it arguably his best work.
General Thoughts
- Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel, it touches on themes of totalitarianism, government overreach and manipulation. The story is told through the eyes of Winston Smith, a journalist for the local news outlet, throughout the chapters we see how Smith’s believes start to turn against the government and his urge for change become more apparent.Whilst reading 1984 the reader can associate a lot of the problems with its government and relate them to some problems in modern society currently. This novel aged like a fine wine, 70 years later and this book arguably the most relevant it has ever been.
- Lewis Beale, a writer for CNN, wrote on an August 2013 article, “We live in a world that George Orwell predicted in "1984." And that realization has caused sales of the 1949, dystopian novel to spike dramatically upward recently -- a 9,000% increase at one point on amazon.com." We live in a world where cancel culture is celebrated, the idea of ‘canceling’ someone for saying something controversial has become more and more popular with the rise of the internet specially in sites like Twitter and Instagram.
- I honestly really liked this book, George Orwell really out did himself with this book. It made me reflect on a lot of different social and political issues we’re dealing with today. Coincidentally one of my favorite Tv Shows referenced it in one of their episodes, and a lot news outlets are doing that too these days. I guess that shows how relevant this book is at the moment. I would recommend anyone that has an open mind and is aware of the things that are going on, not only with COVID-19, but also with modern society and cancel culture. If I had to rate this novel I’d give it a solid 8 to a light 9.
- Lewis Beale, a writer for CNN, wrote on an August 2013 article, “We live in a world that George Orwell predicted in "1984." And that realization has caused sales of the 1949, dystopian novel to spike dramatically upward recently -- a 9,000% increase at one point on amazon.com." We live in a world where cancel culture is celebrated, the idea of ‘canceling’ someone for saying something controversial has become more and more popular with the rise of the internet specially in sites like Twitter and Instagram.
- Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel, it touches on themes of totalitarianism, government overreach and manipulation. The story is told through the eyes of Winston Smith, a journalist for the local news outlet, throughout the chapters we see how Smith’s believes start to turn against the government and his urge for change become more apparent.Whilst reading 1984 the reader can associate a lot of the problems with its government and relate them to some problems in modern society currently. This novel aged like a fine wine, 70 years later and this book arguably the most relevant it has ever been.
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- Mapa Mental sobre Nineteen Eighty-Four, criado por Claudio De Los Santos em 13-08-2020.
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