Orwell's and Huxley's Brave New World have drawn for us only a canvas of despair. Given that Eric Blair — who wrote under the nom de plume of George Orwell — was born in Motihari in present day Bihar, many of us try and claim him for India. Certainly his bitter insights into the complexities of poverty and state control seem to have an earthy, almost anti-intellectual, directness that allows a connection to everyday life and experiences that other, more sophisticated critiques often lack.
On a work trip to Bangkok, I was pleasantly surprised to see both his acclaimed books, Animal Farm and , on the top ten lists being sold at the Kinokuniya bookshop in one of the larger shopping malls.
Since Thailand is not considered a country where critical political discussions are encouraged, this was all the more intriguing. His insights are often set in contrast to that of Aldous Huxley , who, in his Brave New World , written almost two decades before , had imagined a future dystopia in which the public was controlled through distraction, drugs and sex.
This comparison and contrast was highlighted by Huxley himself who, upon receiving and reading a copy of predicted his prognosis — he wrote a letter to Orwell saying:. In other words, I feel that the nightmare of Nineteen Eighty-Four is destined to modulate into the nightmare of a world having more resemblance to that which I imagined in Brave New World.
George Orwell Harvill Secker, June 8, Join Goodreads. The Party could not be overthrown from within. Its enemies, if it had any enemies, had no way of coming together or even of identifying one another. Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possibly it might, it was inconceivable that its members could ever assemble in larger numbers than twos and threes. Rebellion meant a look in the eyes, an inflection of the voice; at the most, an occasional whispered word.
But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They need only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning.
Meaningless victories can be claimed by the Party from time to time in order to stir up patriotism and encourage citizens that their hard lives are having a positive effect on the war effort.
The photograph is important because it represents tangible evidence that the Party intentionally lies to the people. In , Winston is fixated on a scrap of paper from a ten-year-old news article that shows a photo of executed Party leaders Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford at an event in New York. All three men testified to being in Eurasia committing treason at the time the photograph was taken. Readers have several reasons for suspecting that Julia is a spy. The first interaction she ever has with him is to tell him that she loves him.
Also, Winston is considerably older than her and not very attractive, so both Winston and the reader may wonder why Julia has any interest in Winston to begin with. As soon as I saw you I knew you were against them. One reading of this statement is as a coded admission that she works with the Thought Police.
Charrington, who are revealed to be spies, Julia is never identified as working with the Thought Police, so it seems unlikely that her character is supposed to be read as a super-secret agent. As a result, even though Winston more strongly believes in the need to destroy the Party, Julia actually does more day-to-day to break the rules. Julia has lots of contact with other people who do not obey the rules of the Party.
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