Essays on George Orwell

Symbols in novels often serve several, meaningful purposes that enlighten readers to key themes and intrinsic values concerned with it. In the case of Nineteen Eighty Four, by George Orwell, Symbols serve not only these functions, but also dramatically influence plot development throughout Orwell’s dystopian...

Irony is a literary term that has three subcategories and is commonly used in writing. The three types of irony are dramatic irony, situational irony, and verbal irony. In ​1984 ​by George Orwell, all three subcategories of irony are used to highlight the injustice that...

“We walked out of the gallows yard, past the condemned cells with their waiting prisoners, into the big central yard of the prison… it seemed quite a homely, jolly scene, after the hanging. An enormous relief had come upon us now that the job was...

Since the foundation of America, the question of the morality of the death penalty has plagued American society. Both George Orwell and Truman Capote attempted to address this issue through fictional and non-fictional tales of the gallows. Capote and Orwell wrote to convey their purpose...

Could you imagine what it would be like to watch the body of a person you once knew, swinging by their neck from the gallows? Perhaps, you were the one who was appointed to hang him, or the man awaiting to be hung? Would watching...

In the dystopian novel 1984, written by George Orwell, a country known as Oceania is ruled by a totalitarian government known as the party. Totalitarian is defined as a central government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinions and that exercises dictatorial control over...

Humans are more or less made into who they are by tons and loads of competing factors. Winston Smith from 1984, on the other hand, was completely molded into the person he is by the culture, geographical location, and physical nature of Airstrip One. One...

Sitting on my flax linen grey couch, I opened 1984. The book I am burdened to read. Sigh, “It’s going to be just like all the other dystopian novels I’ve read,” I thought. People joining a pact, living underground, and robots ruling the world. After...

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Nineteen eighty-four (1984 ) is a Dystopia story – what could be regarded as the worst possible life,a political satire novel written by George Orwell. The story is...

There are serious political topics that Orwell touches on in ​1984​, and many overlook other themes. He was felt afflicted because of the possibility that future governments would shift toward totalitarianism. There is a sustainable lesson that comes from this literature, it is the lesson...