Lilian Nguyen Hollingsworth ERWC 15 May 2015 Title Slot Bob Dylan had once said “No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.” which unexpectedly connects with the novel of George Orwell, 1984. Orwell illustrates a totalitarian dystopian world where the people in power, The Party, feed what is real; suppressing thoughts and extinguishing freedom. This is done by fabricating fear through propaganda, unspoken laws, and the never ending espionage. A person or group cannot completely decide
The plot of 1984 reflects Russian society during Stalin’s reign and the main character Winston is depicted similarly to Orwell. Syme, a constituent of Winston’s tells Winston, “Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it” (Orwell 52). As a writer for the new Dictionary, it is characteristic of him to defend his work. In addition, Syme does not think
totalitarian occupation. Psychology a process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.” Resistance literature was about liberalism, freedom of thought and democracy. Writers such as Jack London, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell’s arose to struggle and finding a way to improve the life we live and speak for human beings. Works written in spirit of resistance truly moved us; as writers felt that it is enough and refused dictatorial rule and oppression, so paved the