Term Papers on Dystopian Visions

Term Paper Title	Dystopian Visions
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Dystopian Visions

1984 Essay

"Pictures and posters on every corner, reminding the citizens of Oceania that Big Brother

is watching you."  No words could speak more truly, for the time was 1984 and the people of

Oceania were being watched; practically their every move was being recorded through the

telescreen.  Big Brother is watching you was the constant reminder, don't think bad thoughts

or don't go to the wrong part of town because there are spies every-where.  The Inner Party

kept the people living in constant fear and then to keep their minds off the fear, they brain-

washed them with political statistics and with ideas of great patriotism.  They were taught

to love only The Party and to concern themselves with only the party.  Everything that they

did was for The Party, and first and foremost they were not to betray in any way.  The Inner

Party had planned the destiny of Oceania and its people; they were systematically tailoring

their society to meet their needs.  Their issue was not just of power, but rather absolute control.

To achieve absolute control over people is a powerful concept.  Peoples minds become distorted

and their original objectives are left behind.  The Party thought they were doing things for the

good of the people, when really all they were doing was killing them.  They were smothering

them with rules and regulations, depriving them of their natural born right to be able to marry,

have a family and indulge in the fruits of life.  Is this the type of future that Orwell intends to

happen?

Orwell's view on the future may have been influenced by the activities going on in

the world around him.  The allies had just defeated the Nazis in the Second World War and

people were starting to know all the details of what the Germans had done during the war.

There are many similarities between the book and the war.  For instance, the Germans tried
to control the citizen's thoughts by burning books and discouraging higher learning.  They

wanted the people to be just like one another and have interests in only the government and

other politically related ideas.  They also had children's armies where they taught young

people principals of the Nazi party and how to be good citizens, just like the government

did in 1984.  If in fact the Nazis had won the war and taken over the world, today might

have resembled George Orwell's world in 1984.

The people's attitude of Nazi Germany reflects t...

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