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I do not believe that Orwell was trying to warn people about the future in his book 1984. He is a satirist, satirists are not orcales who can make predictions of the future. Satirists take what is already happening in their society and exaggerate it so that the problems become blatant to the readers. With that being said, some the problems that Orwell was hinting at in 1984 would include: oversurvailence, psychological manipulation, Totalitarianism, and control of information and.

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The way that the party employs technology is to monitor its citizens and transmit propaganda. There are two-way telescreens that are being used to ensure that the citizens are not doing, or even thinking about anything that would go against their government. These telescreens literalize the idea that “Big Brother is watching you” (Orwell 2). There are also microphones along with the screens that would pick up the minimal sound produced by the people. The party is using this in a scary and effective way since these screens must be turned on at all times creating the fear of doing something that might oppose their regimen and could get them punished or killed. They want to create this “perfect” society, and a way for them to reach this goal and maintain it, is by monitoring people and try to control the way they think and how they express themselves when it comes to their government and its past.

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In George Orwells 1984 I have most noticed the themes of language and communication, manipulation, and violence. I think these themes play a large role in helping us understand the society of 1984 by showing the complexes and societal issues. For example, how the Party created newspeak as a way to manipulate the public, and its effects on people like Winston. Ultimately the themes of 1984 is what makes the story so unique. The complexity and darkness of Orwells themes are extremely significant to 1984.

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Orwell states, "War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength" (Orwell 4). This quote is used to worn the readers of the mentality of a society like Oceania. Orwell wrote 1984 as a dystopian society, which is worst case scenario for a country, and he warns us this could be societies in the future. He was afraid of the powers that governments around the world had, this is why he was a socialist.

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The technology that the party uses allows for easier control over its people. The telescreens could never be turned off and it gives their people no type of privacy. Everything that the people do are always monitored at all given moments in order to make sure nobody is committing crimes and doing things that are illegal because “Big Brother is watching you”(Orwell 2). With this technology, the Party is able to manipulate and control the lives of the citizens.

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The Party is able to use technology to keep its citizens under surveillance through the use of telescreens which cannot be turned off. They also use technology to change history which is part of Winston’s job. The Party’s use of this technology makes it so that the citizens are highly restricted.

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The characteristic that represent the genre of dystopian is that the citizens of the society are dehumanized, they worship Big Brother and the Party, punished for thinking freely, they are brainwashed of propaganda and are under constant surveillance.

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Three main themes of 1984 that I've noticed are distrust, belief, and natural instinct vs. forced instinct.
Distrust—The society and government are absolutely distrustful; one would just have to look at the editing of information and the scene in part one, chapter 5 where the Party lies about the chocolate ration: Just the day before, the chocolate ration was announced to be decreased to twenty grams, and the next day, they announced that in was instead increased to twenty grams (58). Even worse, everyone is forced to believe it.

Additionally, there is quite the amount of distrust in specific people. I think about O’Brien and Julia, where I think that both of them are faking their identity. For O’Brien, Winston is just reading his vibes wrong and thinking that O’Brien wants to revolt against the Party, when I believe that O’Brien might be just as blind as Parsons. For Julia, I feel like the emotions towards Winston are emotions she has used on other men and manipulate them to do her bidding.

Belief—"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows" (81). Being able to make your own conclusions based on experiences and sense of logic rather than being told what to think. The Party wants to make you believe what they say is the truth and the definite truth. If you don’t believe in the definite truth, the punishment is most likely your death and erasure from existence in Oceania.

Natural instinct—The action of sex is the opposite of the Party’s desires. Sex makes people feel good about other things rather than the Party and Big Brother, as illustrated by Winston in part two, chapter five: "The process of life had ceased to be intolerable, he had no longer any impulse to make faces at the telescreen or shout curses at the top of his voice" (150). The Party wants Winston to be miserable because the Party wants to be the only shining light to people.

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I believe that Orwell intended to warn us about the dangers of society in the future and how a system of government can regain control of their citizens using powerful propaganda tactics. Orwell wrote, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” (Orwell 34). By writing this, Orwell is telling us that once a government has the ability to alter history in a way that falsely proves that their current system of government is much more superior and humane than past systems, the people will become so accustomed to that system of government to the point where they believe that no other way works, thus promoting totalitarianism.

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Winston’s dreams hold a very important significance in the novel. I always interpreted Winston’s dreams as a guide for him. His dreams are the one place where no one can get to him or control him. In one of Winston’s dreams he has a dream where a figure says to him, “we shall meet in a place where there is no darkness” (page 22). Winston always held onto this dream, but he never fully understood it. It became sort of prophetic for him, because it eventually did come true. In another dream, Winston is dreaming that his mother and sister disappear. This dream is first introduced in chapter 3, but it occurs again later on in the book. Winston has another dream about his mother and sister disappearing and he shares it with Julia saying, “‘Do you know,’ he said, ‘that until this moment I believed I had murdered my mother?’” (page 202). The first time he had this dream, he felt guilty of his mothers disappearance, but now he realizes that, “The dream had also been comprehended by—indeed, in some sense it had consisted in—a gesture of the arm made by his mother, and made again thirty years later by the Jewish woman he had seen on the news film, trying to shelter the small boy from the bullets, before the helicopter blew them both to pieces“ (page 202). This is when re realizes that his mother was trying to protect him, not hurt him. His dreams are able to help him remember things and cope as well. I feel like his dreams with his mother also represent a sort of childhood innocence and nature or just a solid reminder of how sweet things used to be.

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1984 falls into the dystopian genre in a sense that it envisions a future where society is in decline and a centralized system of government has created dictatorial power keeping the characters in a state of unhappiness and conflict. Characteristics of a dystopia displayed in 1984 could include the government being an all-powerful force of control and oppression, this then crushes the characters identities and dreams. Winston has trouble trusting his memories which illustrates the way the party has messed with his emotional life along with his daily existence. This is shown in the very beginning of chapter one part one where Winston states "He was already dead, he reflected. It seemed to him that it was only now, when he had begun to be able to formulate his thoughts, that he had taken to decisive step." (28) Winston keeps a diary of his thoughts and begins to think of himself as "already dead." With this quote we can see how Winston has internalized the parties ideology.

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The novel 1984 falls into the dystopian genre. It does this by having one central leader that the people are intimated by and scared of. Being scared of authority is a trait present in many dystopian novels. The government is always in control and dictates what the people can and cannot do, much like the Thought Police do in 1984. Statement, such as “WAR IS PEACE   FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” are made by the government to gain full control and persuade the people that their actions have no ill internet (12). Characteristics of propaganda and their use of technology insight fear, lack truth and have no transparency present throughout the novel, following the form of the dystopian genre.

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The paranoia and atmosphere truly sets up the dystopian nature of 1984. The idea that not even your thoughts are safe to be thought is bone chilling, and truly set up the novels dynamics.

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Telescreens literalize the idea that Big Brother, the mysterious figure who represents the Party’s power and authority, is always watching the people of Airstrip One. Even the citizens’ most mundane actions are monitored by the telescreens, which must remain turned on at all times.

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We all know that George Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning sign, and after reading the book. I now know what exactly he is warning us about. He wan's everyone now and wanted everyone then to make sure the government did not hold more power then the people themself. To rebell before it is too late and make sure our voices are heard. Because the day we lose our freedom and voice. Is the day we lose all of our power and our society morfs into the one show in the 1984 novel. "You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.”

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George Orwell’s 1984 is a defining example of dystopian fiction in that it envisions a future where society is in decline, totalitarianism has created vast inequities, and innate weaknesses of human nature keep the characters in a state of conflict and unhappiness. Right out the gates we are shown a world with powers able to control the thoughts of those under them, rewriting and re-defining history and what would be considered a high standard or quality of life improvements.  “‘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.’” they’ve eliminated traditional words from the English language and replacing them with Party-approved concepts will rob English speakers of the ability to express concepts that counter the Party’s ideology; even making independent thought a crime. 

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1984 is an dystopian genre.  The amount of chaos that happens from the government control shows that.  When Winston is walking though the neighbor hood and a bomb goes off near him and people act like this is a daily occurrence that happens multiple times a day. "He walked on. The bomb had demolished a group of houses 200 meters up the street."  (Orwell 84)The government is always watching and controls everything that they can see and do.  They also change history so that it seems like the Party has always been around even tho Winston has no memory of this.

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The party has robbed Winston of an imaginative life where his dreams are the only place his mind can freely think and imagine. In the beginning of the novel, Winston rebels against the party by keeping a journal that he knows could get him killed. Initially he struggles to write, and the dream of meeting O'Brien in the place of no darkness functions as a work of art that represented a different reality. He remembers this dream 7 years later because it was a symbol of hope for him. Shortly after writing he has a new dream about his mother and sister. They are in a deep well, looking up at him and their lives are sacrifices for his own life. This dream would cause a realization for Winston leading to a deeper awareness of his own situation. I think Orwell devotes so much time to Winstons dreams because this is the only place his emotions and thoughts can run free. His character is developed through these dreams also. His emotions were largely absent during his life because of the Party. In the beginning of the novel he's mostly full of hate and fear. This dream of his mother could serve as the beginning of him reclaiming his deeper humanity. "His mother's memory tore at his heart because she had died loving him," (Orwell 38). For him to feel sad or even disheartened about his mothers death may not be significant, but the exposure to concepts such as "..loyalty that was private and unalterable " (Orwell 38) is noteworthy as this could influence him in the future.

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Dystopian characteristics found in the novel 1984 is displayed by revealing their constant living in fear over their freedom of speech that is being oppressed, in other words the government having a complete disregard for individualism as a whole. Orwell writes, "If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened - that, surely, was more terrifying than mere death and torture," (30). As the audience, being exposed to this quote regarding the current situation can be seen as a warning for future generations to not allow themselves to be silenced or taken advantage of. Silence is that of a suppressor to the mouth, and seeing as the citizens here would willingly choose death and torture over having the first amendment oppressed should serve as a fair warning.

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Winston's dreams are significant because they are a reminder of his past, and the things the party tries to force him to forget. O'Brien and Winston are linked, but their views and backgrounds keep them apart. "There was a link of understanding between them more important than affection or partisanship"( Orwell 25). So, in order to meet without restrictions holding them back, they must go to a place "with no darkness." Concerning the dreams about Winton's mother and sister, he feels guilty bout their deaths. "He was out in the light and air while they were being sucked down to death, and they were down there because he was up there"(Orwell 29). The author spends so much time on his dreams because they were a time before the party controlled everything, including thoughts.

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One leader that this passage connects to the most is Vladimir Putin. The government in 1984 often gets rid of people with high-ranking positions for the benefit of the government, whether it be because they had committed a crime or to replace them with someone who is better at following orders. We see this when Winston describes the effects of a thoughtcrime. "Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge it successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you," (Orwell 19). This is similar to how Putin would rapidly fire a member of the government if they were to criticize him. He would later replace them with someone he knew would not criticize him, just as Big Brother would do in 1984.

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Winston's dreams are particularly important in instigating him to action. It is the kindle to the rebellion that he would embark upon. Clearly, through the exposition of the world around him, we see that the Proles, the Party Members - they are all indifferent to their surroundings. Gullible and senseless, they live their days to-and-fro, content with the oppression that they endure. From the outside, you can tell that the people have submitted to this way of life.
But how can this be? Surely, they must feel some sort of resentment to the destitute under IngSoc? They must have SOME thought stirring under the surface, right?
Perhaps they do, but they will be vaporized if they try. Hundreds or thousands are vaporized by the second. Perhaps they don't, further proving that the people could tolerate this. Under the guise of DOUBLETHINK, they could even enjoy it, in all its twisted travesties.
However, the human nature of dreaming could never be suppressed. Where there is a problem or inconvenience, we will gravitate to a solution. Winston's problem is the sheer poverty and silence under a world that does not care for him. For a fleeting moment in his life, he had experienced something that wasn't the present - or something he SHOULD experience in the future.  The dream of her mother was one of regret. Entitlement to a world of human emotion, love, and loyalty to his own family; a world that should be the standard. The dream of a place without darkness is a world where people can be free: the capacity to express thoughts, to live an individualistic life, to speak freely, to own a shred of privacy. To see an entire vision of a life where we look forward with hope rather than to ruminate our pasts is a world we should live in.

This quote sums it up best:

“The only evidence to the contrary was the mute protest in your own bones, the instinctive feeling that the conditions you lived in were intolerable and that at some other time they must have been different.” (Page 84-84)

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1984 falls under the dystopian genre accounting for all the characters and the basic theme of the novel. For Example the strict government and the continuous invasion of privacy. The government is describes as such like a Tyranny. There is no space for any misconduct or  in general no space to move without being cornered.

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Technology is one of the main factors that creates fear and leads people to suppress their personalities, thoughts, etc because "Big Brother is watching". This includes the telescreen which is the literal observation tool of Big Brother, as well as the idea of vaporization which rids the idea of people because “When there were no external records that you could refer to, even the outline of your own life lost sharpness.” (28).

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1984 falls into the dystopian genre in a sense that it envisions a future where society is in decline and a centralized system of government has created dictatorial power keeping the characters in a state of unhappiness and conflict. Characteristics of a dystopia displayed in 1984 could include the government being an all-powerful force of control and oppression, this then crushes the characters identities and dreams. Winston has trouble trusting his memories which illustrates the way the party has messed with his emotional life along with his daily existence. This is shown in the very beginning of chapter one part one where Winston states "He was already dead, he reflected. It seemed to him that it was only now, when he had begun to be able to formulate his thoughts, that he had taken to decisive step." (28) Winston keeps a diary of his thoughts and begins to think of himself as "already dead." With this quote we can see how Winston has internalized the parties ideology.

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Winston Smith can be regarded as the dystopian protagonist due to the primary focus by the 3rd person narrative following Winston’s thoughts and actions relative to the secondary characters, such as Julia or O’Brien. While this reasoning would classify him as the main character, the evidence for him being the protagonist lies within Winston’s contradictory nature to the oppressive establishment restricting human nature. The idea that Winston is isolated through his enlightenment among the crowd sets him apart as the intellectual despite the plethora of factors working against him. His awareness of the situation distinguishes him in such a way that idolizes him through his unfortunate circumstances, which is supported in his thinking, or realizing, “You had to live- did live, from habit that became instinct- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, be, except in the darkness, every moment scrutinized” (3).

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: The characteristics of a dystopia that are present in 1984 would be the way in which the government is run. It's a totalitarian society, in which the government monitors and controls everything the public does. An example of this could be shown through the telescreen. “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a low shipper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard (Orwell 3).” They essentially remove all personal freedom. In fact, if the government perceives anything they deem as “a crime” they will punish the citizen by death. What makes this different from a regular government is the specific rules. In the book, practically anything of free will is a crime. Thinking, speaking, etc.

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The dreams are significant because it shows how the Party robbed Winston of a genuine experience of life and his dreams are the only thoughts the Party can't control. A deeper meaning that's found is how Winston feels deep guilt for what happened to his family. Orwell states, "His mothers memory tore at his heart because she had died loving him" (Orwell 30). The author puts so much thought into Winston dreams because they are the only thoughts that he has of his own.

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Some people have described 1984 as a warning. Throughout the text Orwell plants warnings to the readers. Orwell is trying to warn us that we all need to defend our freedom. He specifically warns us to defend against assaults on our personal freedom and freedom of thought. We see this as a major theme in the story because "Big Brother is always watching". As well as Winston's struggle with "thoughtcrime" because of his own personal thoughts and new/dangerous perspectives.

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The author, George Orwell,  seems to be warning us on  the possibilities that could happen in the future.  Orwell uses a dark and pessimistic tone to create a sense of fear,  furthermore  constructing a notice of warning.

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Technology allows them to control the people, what they are saying, doing, and listening to, mainly through the telescreen that is placed in each home. The telescreen is The Party's eyes, ears, and speaker to allow full communication with each person, and limits what a person can do within their own home, hence why Winston writes in his diary in secret, away from the telescreen as seen on page 6.

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1984 does fall into a dystopian genre. The amount of that

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Technology plays a huge role in the way the party can control its citizens as through the monitor, they can monitor the citizens to ensure that they aren’t doing anything illegal. This is why the upper classes are much more easily punished than the Proles, as they have more monitors due to them being richer and more developed. It is because of this that the upper-class citizens feel more like sheep than the proles. This is further shown in part three where Winston says “We are the Dead”(221) which can be a metaphor to how the upper class is emotionally dead due to the harsh restrictions, whereas the proles are much more lively, as seen in the pub excerpt. Because Big Brother sees the proles as not dangerous because of their low intelligence, they don’t bother with adding more monitors to catch them of antigovernmental behavior. It is ironic however, that because of these reasons, Winston and Julia are able to start their rebellion in prole territory.

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The greatest warning that Orwell intended to give the readers throughout the entirety of 1984 were concerns regarding the dangers of losing the ability to think for one's self. This warning is seen especially within the protagonist, Winston's, journey throughout the entirety of the novel. Throughout the plot, Winston goes against the Party's philosophy of thought suppression and uniformity within every citizen, using his ability to think and analyze as a form of liberation, albeit temporary. The laws of the land were so strict that "a nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself--anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality"  would be a punishable offence known as facecrime (79). Orwell uses the concepts of "thoughtcrime" and "facecrime" to warn that true freedom can only be obtained as long as people have the ability to think freely for themselves.

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What themes have you noticed so far in 1984? Please name at least three themes that you have noticed. What role do you believe the themes play in helping us understand the story? Why are these themes important 

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With any dystopian novel, there is a dystopian protagonist. Explain how Winston Smith can be considered

the dystopian protagonist in

1984.

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Some people have described

1984

as "a warning." Indeed, throughout the text, Orwell plants both subtle

and overt warnings to the reader. What do you think Orwell is warning us about?

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Orwell is warning about totalitarian governments/ those that wish to oppress others, and how they are detrimental to the human existence. He also is warning us about losing what makes us human and individuals. One good example is when Syme is talking about how the whole point of Newspeak is to "narrow the range of thought" he summarizes that," In the end we shall make thought-crime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it"(52). The only thing that the members really have to themselves is their private thoughts and Newspeak is the Party's last step in completely stripping them of any individuality. They will become mindless drones literally incapable of original thought.

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Discuss the significance and nature of Winston's dreams. Deconstruct the dream wherein O'Brien claims

that they "shall meet in a place where there is no darkness" (page 22), and the dream in which Winston's

mother and sister disappear (page 26). What is the significance of these dreams? What deeper meanings do

they hold? Why do you think the author devotes as much time as he does to Winston's dreams?

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“Or perhaps...the thing had simply happened because purges and vaporizations were a necessary part of

the mechanics of government” (45). How does this passage connect to the tactics used by totalitarian

leaders in the 1940s and today? Give an example of a leader who used these tactics.

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How does technology affect the Party’s ability to control its citizens? In what ways does the Party employ

technology throughout Part One?

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Even after reading Part One, you can tell you are reading a dystopian novel. How does

1984

fall into the

dystopian genre? In other words, what characteristics of a dystopia are present in

1984

?