The Negative Utopia of 1984
By the year 2050, I predict that the negative utopia of 1984 will not exist. Some of the reasons I think that the negative utopia expressed in 1984 will not overcome our society in 2050 is because of the idea of the different Parties that were described in the book, and the roles that they played in the society. Also, because of the Inner Party and how it tried to act as a government, invading all privacy. Lastly, because of the Newspeak Language and how the Party tried to minimize the common language. I will be discussing the reasons for my opinion in this essay. It is now the year 2001, and the book that was written back in 1948, was not even a close prediction of our way of life today. In George Orwell's 1984, there was a so-called party that acted like a government, making laws and rules, and things of that nature. This is one of the reasons that I predict the negative utopia will not exist. These circumstances do not exist today in our society in the United States. We are not watched and spied upon. There are no Inner and Outer Parties, or Proles. We certainly do not change the past to fit with what is happening in the present. We have written documents that contain facts and describe events that happened in the past. At the same time though, we have different classes in society today. We have what some call the "upper class" that can relate to the Inner Party, which have the best of everything. In my opinion, the Proles could relate to our modern "middle class." Then there is the Outer Party, which I think would relate to our "lower class." The Outer Party had imitations of almost all types of food, they were watched and monitored at all times, and were not trusted. Our modern "lower class" very much related to the Outer Party because when it comes to material things, and better opportunities, the poor are not very lucky. One other factor that I think proves that the negative utopia will not exist in 2050 is because of the Newspeak