Orwell s 1984 By George Orwell - 1992 Words

Imagine living in a world where a citizen is being watched 24/7 by the government with nowhere to escape for freedom and liberty. People are constantly watched every single second in their daily lives. They have no privacy from the government at all; even their thoughts are monitored. Thinking and/or committing crimes that are considered treasonous by the government result in punishment, usually by death in this society. A nightmarish society like this is portrayed in George Orwell’s novel, 1984, where the main character Winston Smith struggles to live in the superstate, Oceania where the Party is the head of the government. He also covertly hates the Party and Big Brother, who is the head of the Party, and wishes to rebel. He then joins a†¦show more content†¦A few years later, in 1949, he published 1984, which â€Å"stirred up controversy among reviewers, who found this fictional future too despairing† (Biography.com Staff). However, this novel â€Å"proved to be another huge success for the author† but sadly he died a year later after the publication due to tuberculosis (Biography.com Staff). His novel is a warning to the people about the horrors of totalitarianism. A major theme in the novel is that totalitarianism is a living nightmare. Totalitarianism has even been established in different societies in the past like Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, and even North Korea. Totalitarianism is portrayed throughout the book, â€Å"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within the range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away† (Orwell, 55). This signifies how freedom of thought is forbidden in Oceania and how frightening it is knowing that someone is watched all the time. One can get caught easily by the Thought Police with just the slightest move. â€Å"Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you† (Orwell 16-17). One is definitely going to get caught and arrested if a person commits this kind of crime. In addition, people that are caught are not served the right to a trial in court (Orwell 17). Instead,