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The dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is set in the future after a 200 year war which has wiped out a most of the population. the people that are left have created the 'One state' where every hour of ones life is determined by the government. They also live in glass houses and don't have names, instead they have numbers.
This novel connects with George Orwell's 1984 because in both of the societies in these books are completely controlled by the government. In 1984 they have telescreens to watch people and in We they have glass houses so that they can watch people. Also all the citizens in both books are oblivious to the oppression they are facing. In 1984 the citizens are controlled by there limited vocabulary and their belief and complete devotion to the government. In we the citizens believe they have found the perfect sate that humans can be in even though they have little to no free will, there creativity is limited and they have no way to express themselves. Another parallel is the limited expression in both books.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/us/politics/nsa-surveillance-2017-annual-report.html

This article talks about how the amount of data from telephone companies collected by the N.S.A. tripled from 2016 to 2017. The data collected included 534 million records of text messages and phone calls by U.S. providers. This article and 1984 connect because in the novel Winston and all the other party members were watched carefully by telescreens and microphones placed by the government, in this article it tells us about the government looking into text messages and phone calls of its citizens. Both show examples of how government survey its citizens.

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1984 is a distopian novel set in London in around 1984. It focuses on the life of main character Winston, and his struggles he faces as he rebels against a government which constantly has him under surveillance. Winston is old but has a fighting spirit that helps him face his fear of being caught by the thought police. In a world full of crimes but no laws any thought that is out of line will insure your erasure from existence, if you even exist at all.

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The purpose of this book is to enlighten people that the government is always watching. A major point in the book when this theme becomes apparent is approximately when the telescreen comes out of the wall in Mr. Charrington's shop. Winston thought to be all alone and completely unsupervised in the secret room but Orwell wanted to teach that the government is constantly surveying its citizens. Julia and Winston teach the audience how rebellion can be different for each person, Julia rebelled by having intimate relationships with party members, while Winston rebelled by writing in his journal.

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Yes!!! A hundred times yes, you should definitely read this book. It teaches awareness of government control and also not to believe everything government officials and politicians say. It also warns of how government can gain power. Overall it is just a good book that has many important lessons.

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The thing I liked the most about 1984 is that it does a phenomenal job of making the theme clear. Orwell wrote 1984 so that it was raw and used extreme imagery of what he thought the future held. He saw a problem and addressed it distinctly.

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What I didn't like about 1984 was the ending. I expected him to continue to rebel but in the end he became a follower of Big Brother completely believing the lies the government told him. I also didn't enjoy any of the torture scenes but I think that was the point to make the audience uncomfortable so that they would not allow this o happen to them in the future.

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War:

In a state of constant war citizens are overwhelmed with fear and hate. Fear and hate can be manipulated through propaganda.

Evidence: Winston listens to the speech about the war with Eastasia, everyone is screaming and chanting. When the enemy suddenly changes to Eurasia the crowd continues to chant, in addition to this they distract the public from the announcement about the rise in chocolate which is actually the decrease in chocolate rations.

The giant posters of Big Brother and the two minutes of hate every day. They use videos, pictures, articles, and posters to control the hate and fear you feel.

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Memory:

With no memory of past greatness there can be no knowledge of today’s unpleasantness.

Evidence: The proles and party don’t know how bad the lives they have are because there is no account of the condition of society before the revolution. Even those who are old enough to have lived in that time don’t remember more that bits and pieces.  The younger generations consider this the way of life that there is no other way and nothing they can do about their quality of life.

The pictures and textbooks of the past have been destroyed by workers like Winston. They find some truth from the past and they destroy it. They had a war with Eastasia but after a day there was no proof at all that they ever engaged in war with Eurasia. They delete their history to control their future.

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Communication:

By limiting forms of communication, government can control what its citizens think and say.

Evidence: Newspeak writers’ simplifying language until there is no way to have conscious thought. They simplify it so they know the words you are going to say and think because those are the only words they allowed to exist.

The proles not knowing what a pint of beer is or what the ABC’s are. The government controls the language it controls you.

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Solitude is one of the many things Big Brother forces on its citizens. No party member is to have relationships unless permitted for the purpose of procreation. This limits chances of rebellion.

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Government control is one of the many big ideas found in 1984. The chains represent the ones that metaphorically keep the citizens of London in check. The government holds its power by restricting activity, thought, and feelings.

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London is located the same place it is in the 'past' but this version of the city is very old. Winston describes the "Victory Mansions" he lives in are dingy, have broken appliances, and reek of boiled cabbage and rag mats. The rest of the city is in similar condition and can outright be described as old.

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Winston- Forty-ish year old man who works in the Ministry of Truth as a file worker. Him and everyone else in this society are constantly being monitored by the government. He has a journal that he writes in about his life and how he doesn't like Big Brother, the government. Winston lives a lonely life; he has no one but himself.
Julia- A twenty-ish year old women who works in the fiction department in the Ministry of Truth. She is a part of the no sex youth movement and volunteers at the headquarters frequently. Winston hates her at first because he lusts after her and cannot act on it.
O'Brien- A man in his late forties that works in the Ministry of Truth with Julia and Winston. He is a member of the Inner party; whom Winston believed was a member of the Brotherhood, a group of people who rebel against the government.

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4/5

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Written by George Orwell