Can someone look over this common module essay (it is on 1984) and give feedback please? It is not really based on a question, just a broad essay, which I will probs memorise and then practise adapting to questions.
The intricate nature of humanity is highlighted through representations of human experiences in literature. George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”, resonates this notion through his depiction of psychological manipulation to demonstrate the significance of the human condition of self agency and individuality in society. Furthermore, his portrayal of totalitarianism emphasises the regimented nature of society and encourages audiences to embrace the individual experience of uniqueness and reject the collective nature of conformity. Ultimately, Orwell’s portrayal of the manipulation of information and history in “1984” reveals the intricate manner in which political powers can enforce the collective experience of conformity through censorship and distortion. Thus, through the blurring of contextual lines and reflection of timeless fears of corruption and loss of self, Orwell inducts the audience into Winston’s rebellion as he controls the language of his text to reflect that of a decaying society.
Orwell highlights the intricate nature of psychological manipulation through his powerful didactic text “1984” encapsulating how individuals are restricted in their freedom of thought and expression.Through his utillisation of inclusive language evident in the anaphora of “we'' in “We do not destroy the heretic because he resists us… we convert him, we capture his inner mind, we reshape him”, represents the power that the party possesses to restrict the human condition of memory and emotions.This highlights the party’s utillisation of mind control techniques in order to implore citizens to adopt the party’s ideologies. The asyndetic listing of “All beliefs, habits,tastes, emotions, mental attitudes…” depicts the manner in which the party’s authoritarian power restricts the citizens individuality due to their lack of anatomy and self agency.This is demonstrated as the Party undermined family structures by inducting children into organisations such as Junior spies, which brainwashes them and encourages them to spy on their parents and report any instance of disloyalty to the party. Further, his modernist ideals beckons awareness of how this is representative of technology in contemporary society as it has complete power and control over the life of people. Additionally, Orwell’s utillisation of the motif “Big Brother is watching you”, emphasises the restriction of the collective experience of free will due to the fear of surveillance and monitoring.This in turn invites audiences to connote that rebellion is futile and virtually impossible as submission to the party’s ideologies and continued oppression is concurrent. Thus, through his metalinguistic approach to discussing language itself, in conjunction with the thematic rebellion associated with reading, Orwell skillfully utilises his novel to tell a story of persistence and warning by its very existence.
Orwell’s “1984” explores the powerful human experience of dejection arising from totalitarianism, because from these experiences modern audiences are didactically instructed to collectively resist absolutist regimes to avoid “ self abasement” in a “world of fear”.
Orwell’s distinct oxymoronic juxtaposition is evident through “War is Peace”, which exposes the strength of propaganda and how its employment is understood in how it not only hinders individuals through oppression but also stifles any opportunity for free thought.Furthermore, it hyperboles the manner in which totalitarian governments portray their agenda to citizens. He also utilises the repulsive simile “Sexual intercourse was to be looked on as a slightly disgusting minor operation like having an enema”, to juxtapose how regimented states have compared an act of love with a medical condition, hence denoting how the Party has essentially eradicated sex from people’s lives, reducing it from an expression of emotion to its function as a reproductive act. This highlights how the party forbade the collective experience of sexual pleasure in order to enforce complete devotion and compliance to the party. Additionally, his elucidation of asyndetic listing through “A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces with a sledge hammer…” which highlights the extent to which the party has displaced organic human emotions and desires with manufactured experiences, in order to keep the population submissive. Orwell’s modernist ideals are reflected as this describes the manner in which individuals direct their anger towards other “refugees” and “racial minorities” in society. As a result Orwell formulates a world of fear to depict that totalitarianist governments thrive on conformity which ultimately leads to a life where it is “more natural to exist moment to moment”.Ultimately, it is through the characterization of Winston as an emblematic sacrificial warning that Orwell utilises form to heed caution to his readers of the dangers of blind ignorance, joy and corrosion of the self.
Orwell conveys how the manipulation of language and incongruence of meaning shapes experiences and distorts reality through the reconstruction of stability, knowledge and truth. Orwell’s distinct utilization of antimetabole through, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past '', represents the party’s power in censoring history in order to glorify their own ideals and limit the human experience of critical thinking. Furthermore, he conjugates notions of the significance of history in a bid to inform the audience on the importance of history in understanding the present. He also allegorically symbolises the totalitarianship of Joseph Stalin through the motif of the black moustache throughout “1984”,which reflects Stalin’s erasure of history in order to exemplify his status as the existential leader. Additionally, the restriction of human experiences through totalitarian governments is enforced through the distortion of historical events. Through the rhetorical question “Was life better before the revolution than it is now?''Orwell presents this notion by emphasising the protagonist Winston’s lack of clarity of where increased propaganda has hampered the excision of history. This is representative of the citizens of Oceania who lose their agency and conform to the party’s political narrative of constant warfare against Eurasia and Eastasia.Holistically, Orwell distinguishes the significance of individuals having a grasp of history in order to embrace the human condition of consciousness.His depiction of the party’s control of history is further cultivated through the incorporation of the high modality of “He must be cut off from the past, just as he must be cut off from foreign countries''. This underscores Orwell’s modernist ideals of how the manipulation of history is employed to restrict rebellion from individuals. Ultimately, Orwell conveys the disturbing truth that the human experience of memory is futile to both the individual and collective as they are subjugated to oppressive powers.
Conclusively, Orwell’s representation of the intricate nature of totalitarianism, psychological manipulation and manipulation of information to highlight various restrictions of the human experience. Ultimately, this causes awareness of humanity to contemporary audiences.
The intricate nature of humanity is highlighted through representations of human experiences in literature. George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”, resonates this notion through his depiction of psychological manipulation to demonstrate the significance of the human condition of self agency and individuality in society. Furthermore, his portrayal of totalitarianism emphasises the regimented nature of society and encourages audiences to embrace the individual experience of uniqueness and reject the collective nature of conformity. Ultimately, Orwell’s portrayal of the manipulation of information and history in “1984” reveals the intricate manner in which political powers can enforce the collective experience of conformity through censorship and distortion. Thus, through the blurring of contextual lines and reflection of timeless fears of corruption and loss of self, Orwell inducts the audience into Winston’s rebellion as he controls the language of his text to reflect that of a decaying society.
Orwell highlights the intricate nature of psychological manipulation through his powerful didactic text “1984” encapsulating how individuals are restricted in their freedom of thought and expression.Through his utillisation of inclusive language evident in the anaphora of “we'' in “We do not destroy the heretic because he resists us… we convert him, we capture his inner mind, we reshape him”, represents the power that the party possesses to restrict the human condition of memory and emotions.This highlights the party’s utillisation of mind control techniques in order to implore citizens to adopt the party’s ideologies. The asyndetic listing of “All beliefs, habits,tastes, emotions, mental attitudes…” depicts the manner in which the party’s authoritarian power restricts the citizens individuality due to their lack of anatomy and self agency.This is demonstrated as the Party undermined family structures by inducting children into organisations such as Junior spies, which brainwashes them and encourages them to spy on their parents and report any instance of disloyalty to the party. Further, his modernist ideals beckons awareness of how this is representative of technology in contemporary society as it has complete power and control over the life of people. Additionally, Orwell’s utillisation of the motif “Big Brother is watching you”, emphasises the restriction of the collective experience of free will due to the fear of surveillance and monitoring.This in turn invites audiences to connote that rebellion is futile and virtually impossible as submission to the party’s ideologies and continued oppression is concurrent. Thus, through his metalinguistic approach to discussing language itself, in conjunction with the thematic rebellion associated with reading, Orwell skillfully utilises his novel to tell a story of persistence and warning by its very existence.
Orwell’s “1984” explores the powerful human experience of dejection arising from totalitarianism, because from these experiences modern audiences are didactically instructed to collectively resist absolutist regimes to avoid “ self abasement” in a “world of fear”.
Orwell’s distinct oxymoronic juxtaposition is evident through “War is Peace”, which exposes the strength of propaganda and how its employment is understood in how it not only hinders individuals through oppression but also stifles any opportunity for free thought.Furthermore, it hyperboles the manner in which totalitarian governments portray their agenda to citizens. He also utilises the repulsive simile “Sexual intercourse was to be looked on as a slightly disgusting minor operation like having an enema”, to juxtapose how regimented states have compared an act of love with a medical condition, hence denoting how the Party has essentially eradicated sex from people’s lives, reducing it from an expression of emotion to its function as a reproductive act. This highlights how the party forbade the collective experience of sexual pleasure in order to enforce complete devotion and compliance to the party. Additionally, his elucidation of asyndetic listing through “A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces with a sledge hammer…” which highlights the extent to which the party has displaced organic human emotions and desires with manufactured experiences, in order to keep the population submissive. Orwell’s modernist ideals are reflected as this describes the manner in which individuals direct their anger towards other “refugees” and “racial minorities” in society. As a result Orwell formulates a world of fear to depict that totalitarianist governments thrive on conformity which ultimately leads to a life where it is “more natural to exist moment to moment”.Ultimately, it is through the characterization of Winston as an emblematic sacrificial warning that Orwell utilises form to heed caution to his readers of the dangers of blind ignorance, joy and corrosion of the self.
Orwell conveys how the manipulation of language and incongruence of meaning shapes experiences and distorts reality through the reconstruction of stability, knowledge and truth. Orwell’s distinct utilization of antimetabole through, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past '', represents the party’s power in censoring history in order to glorify their own ideals and limit the human experience of critical thinking. Furthermore, he conjugates notions of the significance of history in a bid to inform the audience on the importance of history in understanding the present. He also allegorically symbolises the totalitarianship of Joseph Stalin through the motif of the black moustache throughout “1984”,which reflects Stalin’s erasure of history in order to exemplify his status as the existential leader. Additionally, the restriction of human experiences through totalitarian governments is enforced through the distortion of historical events. Through the rhetorical question “Was life better before the revolution than it is now?''Orwell presents this notion by emphasising the protagonist Winston’s lack of clarity of where increased propaganda has hampered the excision of history. This is representative of the citizens of Oceania who lose their agency and conform to the party’s political narrative of constant warfare against Eurasia and Eastasia.Holistically, Orwell distinguishes the significance of individuals having a grasp of history in order to embrace the human condition of consciousness.His depiction of the party’s control of history is further cultivated through the incorporation of the high modality of “He must be cut off from the past, just as he must be cut off from foreign countries''. This underscores Orwell’s modernist ideals of how the manipulation of history is employed to restrict rebellion from individuals. Ultimately, Orwell conveys the disturbing truth that the human experience of memory is futile to both the individual and collective as they are subjugated to oppressive powers.
Conclusively, Orwell’s representation of the intricate nature of totalitarianism, psychological manipulation and manipulation of information to highlight various restrictions of the human experience. Ultimately, this causes awareness of humanity to contemporary audiences.
i think my texts for the other two modules are awesome but this module makes me want to die because just how boring it is (spoiler it's shakespeare) </3
