1984: "A Reality In Our Society?"
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English 12 Jacqueline Stevens
1984
1984: "A reality in our Society?"
I originally thought that George Orwell's 1984 was ridiculous, and extreme. I
thought that the novel was written to show us how good we had it. I couldn't understand
why Oceania's government needed to control it's people, and bring them down to a
mindless existence; but after taking in the story as a whole, and thinking about the natural
replacement of power, it no longer seems that outrageous of a concept. Orwell's novel has
been intended as a caveat for the modern day; but was his message taken to the conscious
realm in our society? The situations faced by Orwell's people of Oceania seem, when