Examples Of Totalitarianism In 1984 By George Orwell
In the Dystopian novel by George Orwell Oceania is a country which is a totalitarian state that controls each aspect of people`s lives using propaganda, language,and brain-washing as their manipulation methods. Even though its two main characters show a kind of acceptance as they follow their daily routine as party members. In spite of the fact that they are very courageous and both know that they way of thinking can lead them to be captured, and tortured; they are very different as regards outlook, temperament, age. and experience. However, these differences influence the nature of their rebellion. Winston is a very intellectual character while Julia is more sexual and physical, but at the end of the day, they are two faces of the same coin.
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Even though he is a very rational man and he tends to think carefully and deeply all the time, his first impulsive act of rebellion which is write “Down with Big Brother “leads him to be very fatalist and feels paranoiac because of the possibility of being captured by the thought Police, moreover he is constantly looking for people that can be rebels like him.
On the other hand, Julia is younger and she is presented under a more physical light, she works in the Fiction department and her job consists on running and servicing a machine. She is aware of the events that affect her directly like the rationed of luxury commodities like sugar and tea. She is sensual, pragmatic and she is more willing to live day by day and enjoy not only her daily life but also her body and her sexuality, and which is most important she is not ashamed or afraid of admitting that she has an active sexual life, furthermore, she admits to have had affairs with many members of the
Even though he is a very rational man and he tends to think carefully and deeply all the time, his first impulsive act of rebellion which is write “Down with Big Brother “leads him to be very fatalist and feels paranoiac because of the possibility of being captured by the thought Police, moreover he is constantly looking for people that can be rebels like him.
On the other hand, Julia is younger and she is presented under a more physical light, she works in the Fiction department and her job consists on running and servicing a machine. She is aware of the events that affect her directly like the rationed of luxury commodities like sugar and tea. She is sensual, pragmatic and she is more willing to live day by day and enjoy not only her daily life but also her body and her sexuality, and which is most important she is not ashamed or afraid of admitting that she has an active sexual life, furthermore, she admits to have had affairs with many members of the