George Orwell essays

George Orwell essays George Orwell lived in England during World War Two, when England had been at war with the totalitarian state, Nazi Germany. He was there when London was blanket bombed and left in rubble by the Germans. Like many writers he decided to make a statement with his work, and did. George Orwells novel 1984 was written as a political statement of against totalitarianism. Totalitarianism is a form of government that tries to assert total control over its citizens (Comptons). Being nothing like democracy, totalitarianism is like communism, as it also has one party rule, no free and open elections, and due process is not guaranteed, however totalitarianism is much more controlling. Orwell presents the evils of such a system is 1984. 1984 is about life in a world where no personal freedon exists. The books main character is a man named Winston Smith. He is not a heroic type of person nor is he extraordinarily intelligent. However, Winston hassomething that the majority of the people at his time and in the situation that theyre in dont, a good pair of eyes. I dont mean good eyes as far as good vision goes but rather good eyes in the context of seeing things for the way they are and seeing that what the government isnt as right as the people think it is. Winston works in a department of the government of Oceania (the nation he lives) called the Ministry of Truth, a place where history is rewritten to fit controlling partys views. Winston is aware of the untruths because he makes them true. This makes him angry. He decides to rebel against the government of Oceania by buying and writing his thoughts down in a diary. This is an illegal action known as thought crime and is punishable by death. Winston chose a diary as his means of rebellion because the government controlled peoples memories and he wanted to remember what really ...