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    George Orwell was inspired by his experiences fighting injustice which helped him depict an unjust totalitarian society in his novel 1984. Some key aspects of the unjust society he portrayed include extensive propaganda, enforced collective identity, torture used to break independent thought, and the poor having no power over the ruling class. Orwell examined what it means to be human through the protagonist Winston, who struggles to maintain his individuality and free will despite the regime's attempts to control thought. Orwell's depictions of an oppressive dystopia in 1984 remain deeply influential and continue to highlight the ongoing human struggle against injustice.

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    George Orwell was inspired by his experiences fighting injustice which helped him depict an unjust totalitarian society in his novel 1984. Some key aspects of the unjust society he portrayed include extensive propaganda, enforced collective identity, torture used to break independent thought, and the poor having no power over the ruling class. Orwell examined what it means to be human through the protagonist Winston, who struggles to maintain his individuality and free will despite the regime's attempts to control thought. Orwell's depictions of an oppressive dystopia in 1984 remain deeply influential and continue to highlight the ongoing human struggle against injustice.

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    17 November 2022

    The struggle against injustice


    George Orwell on injustice

    Winston struggles throughout 1984 against the unjust world and society he dates.
    George Orwell was inspired by his life experiences (struggles against injustice) which helped
    him perfect the art of presenting an unjust society in 1984 with his depictions of propaganda,
    collective identity, torture, and class decision.

    George Orwell (Eric Blair) created 1984, published in 1949 as a warning against
    totalitarianism while serving as the literary editor and a columnist for the weekly Tribune.
    The Tribune was perfect for him because it gave him the freedom to behave as he liked,
    provided some political agreement, and provided a backdrop against which his daring and
    peculiarity shone out sharply. Orwell supported socialist democracy. He liked independence
    since it allowed him to criticize any party. His enemies were privilege, oppression, racism,
    and tyranny. He wanted the idea of capitalism's failure to be acknowledged. The chilling
    dystopia depicted in 1984 made a deep impression on readers, and his ideas entered
    mainstream culture in a way achieved by very few books. The book's title and many
    concepts, such as Big Brother and the Thought Police, are instantly recognized, often as
    bywords for modern social and political abuses.

    Orwell's "Animal Farm" was released in 1945 and financially secured him for the first
    time. Four years later, the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was released. The book, which is set
    in a hypothetical totalitarian future, left a lasting influence, and several of its phrases—
    including "Big Brother is monitoring you," "newspeak," and "doublethink"—have since
    become commonplace. By this time, Orwell's health was failing, and on January 21, 1950, he
    passed away from tuberculosis.

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    In 1984, Orwell explained that a well-run and the effective propaganda machine is
    essential to the Party's complete control over the superstate and its citizens. "Ripping human
    minds to bits and putting them together again in new shapes of your choice" is how
    knowledge is regulated and disseminated. The Party's idea of doublethink, or the practice of
    concurrently believing two contradictory statements, is introduced to the reader through
    paradoxical assertions. The Party created the doublethink approach to control every element
    of society, undermine the ability of the populace to reason through information, and
    persuade them to blindly accept all statements and policies made by the government. Winston
    was so brainwashed that he questioned his memory throughout the book, giving readers a
    glimpse of the effectiveness of the Party's doublethink. The Party's motto also includes
    paradoxes that subtly ring true. The Party sends people to die in battle, spends essential
    resources that raise the standard of living, and keeps hysteria at a high level through perpetual
    conflict. Constant conflict employs fear to persuade people to follow governmental
    directives. Big Brother is the person the populace turns to for security, making them more
    devoted. The Party tricks the Oceanian public into conflating freedom and enslavement
    through doublethink, further confusing them and making them easier to govern. The Party's
    motto's third line, "Ignorence is strength," also applies. Big Brother's main advantage is the
    general ignorance of the populace.

    The Party strives for complete and mindless obedience, and they achieve it by
    denying people their individuality and destroying independent thought. Winston tries to
    stand up for his unique personality throughout Nineteen Eighty-Four in opposition to the
    group identity the Party wants him to accept. He writes in his private journal, has an illicit
    sex relationship, and insists that his version of events is authentic.

    Orwell also addresses the punishment of rebellion against said propaganda in the form
    of torture (both physical and mental), eradicating all hope of overthrowing the Party. He
    depicts torture so efficiently that the victim loses all sense of self and wishes for death as
    they no longer feel human. Winston and Julia were utterly void of emotions when they met
    after their time in room 101 due to the unspoken horrors they witnessed. Orwell also
    explains how the poor outnumbered the Party yet had no power or authority over them.
    They feared the

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    Party to death and willingly obeyed its orders mindlessly, Further proving the narrative he has
    witnessed in plain sight "the poor stay poor the rich get rich."

    Through the protagonist (Winston) in his book 1984, Orwell examines what it means
    to be a person. Orwell examines how a totalitarian regime impacts humanity and a person's
    capacity to remain "human" in a world based on devastation and manipulation. What it
    means to be human varies for each person. Giving cruelly to others may be considered
    human, according to some. Winston defines humanity as the capacity for free thought and
    action and clings to his ability to remain human throughout the book.

    Unfortunately, Winston's struggle for freedom is relatable to many outside the world
    of fiction. Generations of people have struggled and continue to struggle in the lethal grasp
    of injustice and tyrant authorities, as humans will forever be selfish and greedy and easily
    blinded by power. Orwell’s unjust society in 1984 will continue to haunt readers with it’s
    realistic depictions of propaganda, collective identity, torture, and class decision.

    Works cited

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    historic_figures/orwell_george.shtml.

    Importance of Humanity in 1984 - 1012 Words | 123 Help Me.


    www.123helpme.com/ essay/Importance-Of-Humanity-In-1984-654828.

    Orwell, George. 1984. Intra S.r.l.s., 2021.

    Wordsworth Editions, 2021. TED. “Talking About Injustice... and Other Topics.” The
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    topics.

    Writer, Frank Critic. Kermode. Frank Kermode Is A. His Most Recent Book Is The Age
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    that-moment-i-had-never.

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