Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The 1984 Society
The society in Brave New World is not based on happiness, but rather on war and violence. People in this society seem to be very suspicious of each other and are not very social. Winston hates the dark-haired girl simply because she likes being a virgin and wears the symbolic red sash around her waist to symbolize this. This world is supposed to appear very dark and in this society you are supposed to adore the Big Brother and hate Goldstein. You can also see the apparent hatred in the daily two-minute hate. This scene in book 1 shows how the people in the party share the same kinds of hatreds and are expected to act like this. Another aspect about this society is that they are constantly being watched, and monitored by the thought police. Winston is the perfect example of what not to do, he writes a diary which is not a good thing, and he only does out of the view of the telescreen. Their entire existence depends on them not thinking or writing a bad thought about the party. This is another very good example of a dystopian society. This society is supposed to be perfect because no new ideas can get in, but this whole idea gets overturned because they promote hatred and the only thing they can do to control people within this society is to make them hate one another and not trust anyone.
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