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George Orwell - Quello Buono
George Orwell - Quello Buono
He was a politically committed writer (unlike modernist) of the left wing (firstly). He was against imperialism, in fact he resigned from India, from short time, he come back in Europe, where he became a journalist and he wrote Down and Out in Paris and London. His life was changed when he took part in the Spanish Civil War, because he understood that left or right wing is the same, so for this reason he became disillusioned, with Soviet and detained from them. In this period he wrote Animal farm an allegorical fable which describe in allegoric way Russia as a totalitarian state, and 1984, which described future society in a negative way, so as a dystopian society. 1984 1948
Features and themes The novels title is an inversion of the year in which it was written (1948). It is a dystopian work in which Orwell describes the society of the future in a negative way. The society Orwell described is a society of control, dominated by mass media propaganda. Important is the concept of the newspeak: it has the function of keeping the people under control. Critics have underlined the prophetic quality of Orwells novel, because he describes what daily happens, and we are led to think what they want. Language is very important, because its a tool to manipulate people's minds! Another important concept is doublethink: he knows that what the Party says is false, but he have to accepts it. The Double Think is the modern way of advertising, because we are led to believe in a world where everyone is rich, young and beautiful, but we know that it doesnt exist.
Big Brother is watching you (brano) Nineteen Eighty-Four can be considered one of the best examples of dystopian literature, in fact he describes in a negative way the society of the future. London is decadent, in fact the electric power system is off and there arent colors in the city. People are under control by Through Police and for this reason they havent memories. On the walls of the street there are a lot of posters in which there is the caption: Big Brother is Watching you.