Analysis Of The Book 1984 By George Orwell - 2321 Words

Controlled by a fascist government, the population of Oceania struggles to live freely as they are constantly surrounded by the fear of getting arrested for the worst possible crime, thoughtcrime. In the novel â€Å"1984†, by George Orwell, Winston Smith rebelles passively against the idea of living in a complete uniform world under Big Brother’s dreadful surveillance. Thought crime’s impact on the novel’s population is devastating, so much so that it is somewhat hard to picture today’s society in its place. The sad reality is that thoughtcrime does impact the lives of the people in today’s society to some extent as it does in the book. The level of punishment for such a crime is just at a lower scale. Thoughtcrime impacts the novel’s†¦show more content†¦Not knowing who to write his messages to, he decides to send his idea’s to a â€Å"better time†, one where the lives of people are not constantly under Big brot hers watch. He wrote â€Å"To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone-to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother.† (p.30). In the quote, Winston uses words like uniformity to explain the world he lives in. He expresses remarks like â€Å"to a time when thought is free† or â€Å"when men are different from one another† to show how he feels about his society, a place where everyone is forced to think alike. In today s society the population may not get brainwashed or scared by a government into think a certain way but, when it comes to the lives of people, uniformism is still a more broadly held value then diversity. In the 21st century, society can be seen as the equivalent to Big Brother. A society can be defined as â€Å"The aggregate of people living together in a more or less or dered community† (society - definition of society 2013. 5 Apr. 2016 ). With a society comes a cet of unspoken rules which most people will follow, but if theses rules are not followed, the people who are not following them will be punished by either being excluded from groups