1984

1984 by George Orwell Movie Review

The film 1984 depicted absolute inequality within the society – those who possess hierarchical power rule over those who are at the lower bunk. Low-ranked people were deprived from freedom of opposition, expression of what they believe is right, and are obliged to walk away from what they think is benevolent. Dictatorship dominated entirely the state of Oceania. Thus, it made a huge gap between the proletariat and the elite – the poor and the rich. Privacy seemed to be a gospel that has never been preached. Love was fully tendered to the Party; as if it was the only existing being love could be offered to. In like manner, extreme loyalty to the party was a must because the wage of betrayal is arrest, imprisonment, torture and often death. Similarly, privacy, intimacy, freedom and love were not vented openly owing to the fact that they constitute the “thought crimes”.

Winston Smith, a member of the Ministry of Truth, believed in an unalterable past, found party politics reprehensible, and never accepted the principles of Ingsoc as well as of the party. Also, his daily dealings were monitored through the telescreen, which made him act like a puppet of the prison-like society he was into.

In line with the aforementioned about love, men and women were not allowed to express physical attraction for one another. Time and energy must wholly be devoted to the party too, and, even marriage has to be approved by the party.

Unfortunately, the only hope that the inhumane system of Oceania could end had vanished when Eurasia – one of the three super states during war (along with Oceania and Eastasia) – failed to take over Oceania.

In the end, Smith’s state had succeeded in repelling the Eurasian advance, and he just had to divulge the fact that this cruel scheme would never end, that he had to embrace the darkness until his last bit of life.