Dystopian Journal 3

Topic C

Orwell wrote 1984 in order to portray a warning to those people in the future. It also criticized the Totalitarian regimes by pointing out the oppressive ways in which the government in 1984 (Ingsoc) treats its citizens. Orwell wrote about how the totalitarian regimes would control all aspects of life, including what you did, what you felt, even what you thought, to a certain extent. The citizens would not be free at all, they would not have any rights of there own, and they would not be able to do anything without explicit consent from their respective governments. I think that the authors vision was very believable for his time, but has lost some of its luster over the decades. The reason why is because the author wrote it after the Nazi regime fell and when the Soviet regime was gaining power. Orwell was worried that the other countries would be swallowed up by totalitarian governments, and was worried about them ,especially his home country of Britain, where, by the way, the novel takes place. If a major totalitarian government came to power, there is no doubt that they would control their citizens similarly to that of how Ingsoc treats the proles. The hope that the author inscribes within the novel is the hope that not everyone will succumb to the totalitarians rule. He hope that some people will have the will, strength or even gall to stand up to the government and fight for what they believed in.

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