1984 Essays

12th Grade

1984

“O, brave new world!” John joyfully proclaims after being told he will have the chance to live in the World State with Bernard and Lenina (Huxley 93). Upon first reading dystopian literature, one might feel much like John, assuming a more...

College

1984

Krishan Kumar claims that HG Wells “never wrote a proper utopia, in the strict sense”. This may seem a paradoxical statement in regards to the author famed for being the leading apostle of science utopias, and lends itself to the question: “what ...

12th Grade

1984

The evolutionary aspect of the human race which sets it apart, in knowledge and complexity, from the rest of the animal kingdom, is its ability to express ideas through language. Arguably, our ability to manipulate language in order to negotiate,...

12th Grade

1984

In the two texts, the notion of family is greatly influenced by an external factor, which is the political party in control of the population. In Persepolis, this would be the Iranian government in power during the post Cultural Revolution, while...

10th Grade

1984

As human beings, we are fascinated by our past. The past affects society in so many ways most don’t even notice the effect and humans accept that conclusion. Whether it be the language spoken or the city a person lives in, everything around us has...

12th Grade

1984

History has been, and always will be, a matter of perspective. Wars, for example, will be viewed and taught differently by each respective country involved. Some things will be written off and forgotten, while somewhere else they are made sure to...

12th Grade

1984

Intertextual perspectives of personal and political ideals are often shared by composers, regardless of forms and contexts, due to controversial periods of history causing the historical paradigms to resonate with audiences. Fritz Lang’s film...

12th Grade

1984

To a certain extent, Orwell harnesses Winston and Julia’s romantic relationship as the antidote to their oppression. Not only is it the ultimate transgression due to the fact they care about one another more than the state and for a brief time...

12th Grade

1984

1984 is a novel written by George Orwell in 1948 which presents a dystopian totalitarian society to convey Orwell’s warnings of the consequences that would come if the world supported and embraced communism. Home is important as it has values and...

11th Grade

1984

The novel, 1984 by George Orwell describes a dystopia, a future state in which the government is totalitarian. The documentary film, Secret State of North Korea, directed and produced by James Jones, follows a reporter that interviews different...

10th Grade

1984

In today’s society, living individually to maintain a private space is as necessary as being a member of a team. Numerous individuals cannot maintain collective mindsets because independent impulses will arise in them. In the past, many slaves...

12th Grade

1984

Terry Gilliam’s 1985, Brazil, a bizarre, dystopian film demonstrates that the gap between an individual’s reality and their subconsciously desired world causes the psyche disillusionment and torture. The protagonist, Sam Lowry , is stuck in a...