Theme in 1984
The theme of 1984 is political satire. 1984 is a political parable. George Orwell wrote the
novel to show society what it could become if things kept getting worse. The first
paragraph of the book tells the reader of the “swirl of gritty dust….The hallway smelt of
boiled cabbage and old rag mats.” Just from these few lines Orwell makes it clear that
there was absolutely nothing victorious about Victory Mansions. Every image the reader
receives from Winston Smith is pessimistic. Hate week, for example, is a big event in
Oceania. The citizens prepare for it like Christmas. Instead of jolly songs with family and
friends over punch, Hate week is celebrated with fists in the air while chanting about
death, Goldstein, and whatever the
party wanted the citizens to disgust.
Winston hates the party and Big Brother. He hates the “pure” ones, also. Everything about
Winstons life drives him closer and closer to a suicidal point each day. What makes things
worse; the Party makes Winston think that he is crazy for wanting to be free to think and
for wanting to remember. These simple things are taken for granted today. George Orwell
devilishly illustrates the brutality that man can be capable of when he is given such power.
The people of Oceania are forced to love Big Brother. There is possibly no one that loves
Bill Clinton, besides his family. There is several that love to makes fun of him, but on the