1984
George Orwell's novel, 1984, is looked at by some, as a warning of where the current society can be heading. The novel shows experiences similar to some today, such as war and parts of the government. There are also experiences very different from today, such as "family relationships". 1984 hints to readers that the society is not always good. It also hints to the readers about what may happen to the society in the near future.
Government is a huge part in 1984. Everything the characters did in the novel was based on how the government wanted it. "From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party: WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH."(Orwell). This represented how the government wanted the people to act. In ways it is similar to today. For example, war can be for good purposes and sometimes can help a country, and freedom does not always mean that people are always completely free. There may be things that some people do that do not feel like they are being treated fairly.
When it comes to family in 1984, it was very different from family life today. The relationships between husbands and wives were only there to serve the purpose of having children to make the society better and make it grow. The children would sometimes serve as spies for the government. Therefore, if they felt that their parents were guilty of a crime, they would then turn them in to the government. With those children, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror. Another year, two years, and they would be watching her day and night for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Nearly all children were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party....
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