Orwell's '1984'

Paper Summary:

This paper takes a look at the life of George Orwell, and then goes on to discuss one of his most famous works, 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. According to the paper, Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair. The paper further reviews Orwell's background and then takes a look at 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.

Outline:
Part 1. Biography
Part 2. Plot
Part 3. Theme Analysis
Introduction
Discussion and Analysis
Conclusion
Part 4. Character Connection

From the Paper:

"In reality, there are a number of similarities between Orwell's protagonist, Winston Smith and Hamlet himself. For example, according to Greenland, Rabkin, and Slusser (1987), "Orwell's novel offers an interesting interplay of our three assumptions. The seeing eye into Nineteen Eighty-Four's imagined future is Winston. He is in revolt against that future, and the direction of his revolt is clearly romantic" (9). In fact, Smith records his inner-most thoughts in a secretive and therefore "romantic" fashion, by maintaining a "secret diary" (that is not so secret after all) even though he knows that even possessing the blank journal is a violation of all that is holy in Oceania, and clearly recognizes the dangers involved in doing so. In fact, he even luxuriates over the cream-colored pages in his journal and caresses them at length before he sullies them with tawdry ink. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Angus, Ian, George Orwell and Sonia Orwell (Eds). The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Vol. 4. Boston: Nonpareil Books, 2000.
• Cavendish, Richard. June 1999. "The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four." History Today 49(6):50.
• Corum, Richard. Understanding Hamlet: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
• Deery, June. 2005. "George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four." Utopian Studies 16(1):122.
• Elliott, G. R. Scourge and Minister: A Study of Hamlet A Tragedy of Revengefulness and Justice. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1951.

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