Looking To The Future 1984 :: essays research papers

Looking to the Future1984" state of war IS PEACEFFREEDOM IS SLAVERYIGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"(Orwell 3).     It is the year 1984 in London, Oceania. Winston Smith is sensation of many pile in Orwells prediction of the world in the future but is todays past. The world appears as a dark and business concernful place where the only rhyme or argue is created by Big Brother, rule of the state and the head member of the fellowship. all in all of the above phrases in the slogan show the power which is given to the Party (government). The best description lies in the Newspeak word doublethink."Doublethink means the power of safekeeping to contradictory beliefs in ones mind simultaneously, and accepting two of them. The Party intellectual knows in which direction his memories must be modify he therefore knows that he is playing tricks with reality but by the exercise of doublethink he also satisfies himself that reality is not violated"(Orwell 190). many an(prenominal) descriptions similar to this are given in the book and help rationalize the way in which the left government of Oceania operates. It explains how a strong ruler can manipulate facts to fit his or her own intentions, which is often what collectivized rulers may have done and still may do.      Many of the ideas in 1984 were written to show predictions of what the world might be like if people did not question and act on what was happening around them. Orwell wrote 1984 later World War II when socialist governments which had gone wrong, like Russia, were congruous a powerful force in the world. Orwell, having once fought against Communist Russia, saying how much of a dangerous power they could become in the future, and in turn found it necessary to inform readers of what the future could hold. 1984 is his idea of what a country, such as England in this book, would be like if a socialist government came into power. He writes of the control that can be presented by a ruler by fear. A ruler can use fear to suppress a persons ideas and make him or her cogitate what a ruler thinks or says. A good example of this is at the end when Winston has been caught and is relearning how to obey and never doubt Big Brother." two AND TWO MAKE FIVE"(Orwell 247).This was used in the context that Winston would believe some(prenominal) he was told. Whether it be this mathematical equation or who Oceania was at war with, he would believe it because of the fear of torture.