G. Orwell 1984 book - was Winston Smith under surveillance from the start?
The idea of the story is that anyone can be an agent for "Big Brother." Maybe the salesman was a paid agent, maybe he was just a "good citizen" who was doing his duty. You could make the case that in Smith's society EVERYONE is under surveillance. Gee, suddenly that sounds familiar.
I need a 10 sentence summary of the book 1984 by george orwell. plz help?
Nineteen Eighty-Four (sometimes abbreviated to 1984) is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime. Orwell elaborates on how a massive oligarchial collectivist society such as the one described in Nineteen Eighty-Four would be able to repress any long-lived dissent. The story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man, Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of perpetuating the regime's propaganda by falsifying records and political literature. Smith grows disillusioned with his meagre existence and so begins a rebellion against the system that leads to his arrest and torture. The novel has become famous for its portrayal of pervasive government surveillance and control, and government's increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual. Since its publication, many of its terms and concepts, such as "Big Brother", "doublethink", and "Newspeak" have entered the popular vernacular. The word "Orwellian" itself has come to refer to anything reminiscent of the book's fictional regime. The book is generally considered to be George Orwell's magnum opus.
Anyone kno anythingg bout the book "1984" by George Orwell??
1984 is a political novel by the English writer George Orwell, published in 1949. The book tells the story of Winston Smith and his degradation by the totalitarian state in which he lives. Orwell based many aspects of Oceanian society on the Stalin-era Soviet Union, era during which he wrote the book. It is one of the most renown books on the possible consequences of humanity's will to govern in a totalitarian state. It was considered science-fiction yet, many details are drawn from real life in Communist Soviet Union from 1922 until 1953.
If Winston Smith (1984) had approached O’Brien and asked for help, could he have avoided his fate?
Absolutely not, for two main reasons:O’Brien was an influential member of Ingsoc’s Inner Circle. This means that for him, doctrine always came before any personal relationships (and we don’t even know whether he was capable of having these). He was hell-bent on winning Winston’s trust anyway because he suspected him of having oppositional thoughts. Had Winston approached him first instead of the other way around, he would have done exactly what he ended up doing: pretend to help him connect with the resistance, then arrest him, torture him into submission and eventually have him killed.What could any kind of help have looked like anyway? In the dystopian world of Nineteen Eighty-Four, there is no way out except for death because everything and everyone is controlled by the Party. Even defecting to Eurasia or East Asia wouldn’t make any sense; we must imagine them as equally oppressive dictatorships. As for Central Africa, the part of the world the three superpowers were constantly at war about: it’s a horrible failed state and war zone. If anything, life there is even less safe than in Oceania or the other two empires.
Is this summary on the novel 1984 by George Orwell good? Character analysis on Winston Smith any good?
Its excellent and spot on.
What are some of George Orwell's neologisms and their origins?
George Orwell coined many terms to describe totalitarian and authoritarian practices of politics; these neologisms later came to be known as Orwellian descriptive. Terms such as English Socialism, Minitrue, Minipax, Miniluv, and Miniplenty were introduced by Orwell in his novel 1984, however, there is some neologism by George that is commonly used till date.Big BrotherBig Brother, the ruling party leader of the fictional totalitarian superstate Oceania in the novel 1984 is now commonly used to describe any prying or overly-controlling authority figure; also Big Brother is now a popular reality game show, which is based on the same theme as the novel, that is, the participants of the game show are under constant video surveillance by Big Brother. The tagline of this reality show, "Big Brother is watching you" is also given by George in the same novel.Thought CrimeGeorge Orwell coined several noun-verb amalgams in his classic 1984. ThoughtCime is one of the several. It was basically used to describe any personal or political thought that was diverging from the ideology of the ruling party of Oceania; which basically was considered an illegal thought and a crime in the superstate.Thought PoliceThe secret police assigned to expose and punish thoughtcrime.Double ThinkThe term doublethink, now a frequent English lexicon was devised by George Orwell in the dystopian literature 1984. It is the act of believing in two opposite ideologies simultaneously.GoodSex and SexCrimeGoodSex was normal intercourse between man and wife, for the sole purpose of reproduction; without physical pleasure on the part of the woman. Any other kind of sexual activities other than this was considered SexCrime.George Orwell used numerous words in the context of the political situation of his time. Cold War was used by him in his essay 'You and the Atom Bomb' to show the repercussions of World War II. GoodThink, OldThink, BellyFeel, JoyCamp are some of the many terms Orwell coined to describe the autocratic nature of the political party.
Why has no one attempted to re-make George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, as a movie in recent times?
Because there is no longer need for anti-Soviet propaganda. The last big effort was in the actual year 1984, and was not a huge success. (Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film) - Wikipedia.)And it is increasingly hard to believe.Might even reflect badly on the current US hegemony.
In 1984 What does Winston discover at Mr.Charrington's shop?
Read the book, silly, and you will find out. How is this a hard question? Besides, if anywhere, this belongs under "Books and Authors" and not history.
How does winston view the proles?
One of the recurring themes in the novel is if proles revolted they could establish a better world. It's a struggle between a wild hope carried by Winston Smith, the protagonist, and his realization that proles are incapable of such an act. In Winston's words, “proles remained human”, i.e., they preserve the essence of life, human emotions (which Party members must avoid under the constant surveillance of telescreens)