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Common Module 1984 Essay Body 1 Oppression upon individuals' experiences hinder rebellion and suppresses the collectiveness of humanity and ability to connect. Orwell drew upon observations of the soviet union during the craft of the novel ‘1984’ and represented ideas of oppression through the inhe...

Common Module 1984 Essay Body 1 Oppression upon individuals' experiences hinder rebellion and suppresses the collectiveness of humanity and ability to connect. Orwell drew upon observations of the soviet union during the craft of the novel ‘1984’ and represented ideas of oppression through the inherently secretive and fearful nature of Winston writing in his diary, seen through the quote ‘a tremor had gone through his bowels’ The use of metaphoric language illuminates the power of tyrannical regimes ability to suppress the individual human experience to subdue and limit the richness of the collectiveness of human experience of rebellion. Highlighting the correlations between Orwell's context and the themeses of the novel as he warns the audience of the impact of tyrannical regimes through the representation of winston. Despite this fear, Winstons strong conviction against INGSOC conveyed through the quote ‘DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER’ The high modality statement displays the strength of Winston's desire for freedom of expression, depicting the impact of oppression upon the individual's ability to express themselves. Furthermore, the effect of tyrannical oppression upon the expression and thought of the individual is displayed through Winston's mistrust of Julia, reflected through the remark ‘smash her skull in with a cobble stone’ the violent imagery demonstrates the emotional power of oppression upon individuals as this highlights the significant impact of the shared human experience of oppression upon the individual degrades humanity's ability to connect with one another. Thus, through the integration of Orwell's context and the representation of the depreciating nature of oppression Orwell … Body 2 Surveillance and control upon people degrades the connections between individuals and subdues the human experience. In 1984 the children of london are engineered to report their own parents if they have committed anti party acts, identifiable through the quote ‘the family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police’ This metaphor highlights the extreme extent to which the party goes to control the population highlighting the impact of totalitarian regimes upon the human experience. Within this quote the relation towards the tyrannical regime of Nazi Germany is also depicted as the thought policies indoctrination of the youth is a clear Historical allusion to the Hitler youth of Nazi Germany, who politically and ideologically indoctrinated Germany's youth. Furthermore, the nature of INGSOC’s surveillance upon its civilians furthers Orwell's intended relation, reflected through the quote ‘big brother is watching you’ The Repeating motif throughout the novel displays the nature of surveillance as the repetitiveness of the motif mimics the neverending and inescapable nature of INGSOC’s surveillance upon its population that subdeus the human experience. Through this, Orwell furthers Historical allusion towards the Nazi Party of Germany as the surveillance of the population of London is a clear correlation towards the SS of nazi Germany who were a secretive police aimed to limit any anti party acts much like the thought police, exemplifying the depiction of how tyrannical regimes degrade and limit the human experience. Additionally, in the cafeteria Syme reveals to Winston how ‘were destroying words, we're cutting them down to the bone’ The brutal and destructive imagery in ‘cutting down to the bone’ metaphorically represents how newspeak is devoid of the richness of language, conveying how the simplification of language hinders an individual's ability to express and rebel. Thus depicting how newspeak fits the ideological goals of INGSOC in the degradation of the connections of individuals through the limitation of their expression. Body 3 Through making the reader aware of how tyrannical regimes suppress meaningful human experiences both individually and collectively, Orwell challenges the reader to resist in order to preserve their human experience. In room 101, O’Brian reveals to Winston in a callus tone how ‘You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves’ the metaphoric representation the ‘squeezing empty’ reveals how the party subjugates its citizens who are ‘abnormal’ through the physical and psychological oppression of them until they are unable to rebel. Hence enlightening the audience of the consequences of the acceptance of tyrannical and authoritarian leadership, challenging readers to resist to preserve true untouched human experience. Furthermore, through Orwell highlighting winstons awareness of the consequences of rebellion within the quote ‘It was like trying to make a move in chess when you were already mated’ the metaphor of a chess game insinuates how Winston always has to strategies in order to avoid punishment, however by admitting the he is ‘already mated’ the lie reinforces the inescapable reality that winston lives within. Thus cementing the importance Orwell places upon resistance to oppression as through the gamification of Winsotns avoidance of punishment there is an implication of the neverending ness of struggle and control. However, Orwell ultimately asserts that it is to late for Winstons to restore humanities and nature and concludes the text with his symbolic death and acceptance of the party, ‘[Winston] had won the victory over himself, he loved Big Brother’ the futility of the ending ignites the idea that the audience must not only be aware of the consequences of tyrannical control but must actively resist it in order to preserve the human experience. Through this Orwell intend to articulate the value of human experience and push the audience to uphold and maintain the quality of their human experiences.