Cooperation In 1984
Content Comes with Cooperation
“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” (George Orwell) In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the main protagonists, Julia and Winston, are under constant surveillance during their private and professional lives, which ultimately leads to the destruction of their relationships with themselves and each other. The Party’s continuous watch over Winston and Julia’s lives affects their personal, professional and emotional lives.
Government control over the population of Oceania has reached a point where the citizen’s simple rights are perceived as miracles. Winston walks into the rundown room in Mr. Charrington’s shop and is overcome with relief when he realises that, for the first time, he is “utterly alone, utterly …show more content…
Through this constant fear each and every citizen of Oceania picks up a habit or routine until eventually all unique and emotional thoughts are demolished before one can stop to process them. Winston, a hard case to crack for the Party, finally gives into the Party’s tactics and somehow, for a moment, makes sense of the absurd Party slogans: “he began to write down the thoughts that came into his mind… Freedom is Slavery” “ the Party was right” (290) he says. By finally convincing Winston to believe the slogans, the Party has proven that its methods for achieving its ultimate goal; to create a society of “300 million people all with the same face”(77), and all with a single thought occupying their minds, are effective on the human mind. After years of mental rebellion against the Party’s propaganda, Winston finally stops fighting the current and lets it carry him away, giving into the Party, and finally becoming another one of the faceless robots of Oceania.
In the novel 1984 by George Orwell the private and professional lives of Julia and Winston are under constant surveillance by the government of Oceania, the feeling of having someone as omniscient as Big Brother watch them day and night overwhelms them and finally leads to the downfall of their psychological and social relationships. The deceiving security of Mr. Charrington’s room, the suspicious contents of Julia’s note and Winston’s final surrender to the Party are all proof that the Party’s surveillance tactics work perfectly on its
“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” (George Orwell) In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the main protagonists, Julia and Winston, are under constant surveillance during their private and professional lives, which ultimately leads to the destruction of their relationships with themselves and each other. The Party’s continuous watch over Winston and Julia’s lives affects their personal, professional and emotional lives.
Government control over the population of Oceania has reached a point where the citizen’s simple rights are perceived as miracles. Winston walks into the rundown room in Mr. Charrington’s shop and is overcome with relief when he realises that, for the first time, he is “utterly alone, utterly …show more content…
Through this constant fear each and every citizen of Oceania picks up a habit or routine until eventually all unique and emotional thoughts are demolished before one can stop to process them. Winston, a hard case to crack for the Party, finally gives into the Party’s tactics and somehow, for a moment, makes sense of the absurd Party slogans: “he began to write down the thoughts that came into his mind… Freedom is Slavery” “ the Party was right” (290) he says. By finally convincing Winston to believe the slogans, the Party has proven that its methods for achieving its ultimate goal; to create a society of “300 million people all with the same face”(77), and all with a single thought occupying their minds, are effective on the human mind. After years of mental rebellion against the Party’s propaganda, Winston finally stops fighting the current and lets it carry him away, giving into the Party, and finally becoming another one of the faceless robots of Oceania.
In the novel 1984 by George Orwell the private and professional lives of Julia and Winston are under constant surveillance by the government of Oceania, the feeling of having someone as omniscient as Big Brother watch them day and night overwhelms them and finally leads to the downfall of their psychological and social relationships. The deceiving security of Mr. Charrington’s room, the suspicious contents of Julia’s note and Winston’s final surrender to the Party are all proof that the Party’s surveillance tactics work perfectly on its