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1984 - College Essays

1984

1984 - George Orwell (30132 �� )

'Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past'. The slogan of the Party brings out the main theme of the book, '1984'. The author, George Orwell, portrays a fictional totalitarian society of the future. His sharp social conscience, vivid and accurate description of the factious society has led the book to be quoted often as a superb political prediction.
Winston Smith is a member of the outer Party of Oceania, a fictional totalitarian state. His vocation is to distort and to rewrite history at the Ministry of Truth. Being fed up with the ill-humoured sense of society, Winston slowly doubts the Party. He ...

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until he convinces his sins against the Big Brother. At last he is brainwashed to believe that the Party is always right. In the end, he pledges loyalty to the party. He is 'cured'.
This book helps one to consider what freedom really means, and whether it is needed in our lives
After reading this book, my heart kept bursting at how much the society I am living resembled of it of the book. The streets are full of CCTVs and state-of-the-art aerospace technology enables one to keep his sight over everyone. Even though our society doesn't have a Big Brother or a super state, that doesn't mean the scene of horror is committed in our world. Our rights, human dignity is severely degraded, because of overruling governments. Thus it is my own responsibility and right to protest to get our rights ...

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