1984 Essays and Research Papers

George Orwell’s novel ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ is set in a dystopian 1984 where Oceania is under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. Everyone who resides in Oceania is restricted from having basic human rights under the country’s totalitarian state. ‘V For Vendetta’, a film directed by James McTeigue, is set in the…

George Orwell’s novel ‘Nineteen-Eighty Four’, published in 1949, prophesize the advent of a totalitarian society in which individuals have no significance. Winston Smith narrates his vision of life in an age where totalitarianism has eradicated individuality, choice and personal identity. In this novel, the protagonist Winston Smith plucks up the courage to express his thoughts…