Argumentative Essay On 1984 By George Orwell

George Orwell’s 1984 is one of the worlds most famous dystopian novels. Orwell writes this novel during a time of increasing tensions around the world, leading up to the Cold War. 1984 revolves around the idea that big brother is always watching. In fact, Orwell was the one who coined the phrase big brother when he said that “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING
YOU…”(P.3) Following the rebellious, and ultimately harmless Willson Smith, the novel shows the readers a world in which the government has control over everyone and everything. It also shows us that the biggest hamper to rebellion is a lack of vernacular, as the government introduced to its people a language called Newspeak. The idea behind Newspeak was to “…narrow the range of thought.”(P.67) This helped prevent people from forming rebellious ideas against the government. However, one way Willson rebells …show more content…
In it, he is able to document his distaste of the state in normal english. The reason this is seen as such a massive crime is because of the freedom it allows normal citizens. In order to have total control of its inhabitants, the state enforce a language in which there are no words to describe negative ideas such as rebellion. This prevents people from being able to channel their anger through acts such as rebellion. Rather, what the government has implemented is a routine in which citizens purge their anger by engaging in the Two-Minutes Hate, in which they spend time dehumanizing “…the face of Emmanuel Goldstein, the Enemy of the people…”(P.15) One important event in the novel is when Willson writes “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER…”(P.23) repeatedly, this is where the reader first experiences Smith’s extreme disdain towards government. Although he successful rebells towards the government in his mind, that is all he has accomplished through the journal. Therefore, this act of rebellion can be seen as futile, which is a common theme throughout the

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