Orwell's and Huxley's Brave New World have drawn for us only a canvas of despair. Given that Eric Blair — who wrote under the nom de plume of George Orwell — was born in Motihari in present day Bihar, many of us try and claim him for India.
Certainly his bitter insights into the complexities of poverty and state control seem to have an earthy, almost anti-intellectual, directness that allows a connection to everyday life and experiences that other, more sophisticated critiques often lack. On a work trip to Bangkok, I was pleasantly surprised to see both his acclaimed books, Animal Farm and , on the top ten lists being sold at the Kinokuniya bookshop in one of the larger shopping malls.
Since Thailand is not considered a country where critical political discussions are encouraged, this was all the more intriguing. His insights are often set in contrast to that of Aldous Huxley , who, in his Brave New World , written almost two decades before , had imagined a future dystopia in which the public was controlled through distraction, drugs and sex. This comparison and contrast was highlighted by Huxley himself who, upon receiving and reading a copy of predicted his prognosis — he wrote a letter to Orwell saying:.
In other words, I feel that the nightmare of Nineteen Eighty-Four is destined to modulate into the nightmare of a world having more resemblance to that which I imagined in Brave New World. George Orwell Harvill Secker, June 8, This outlines how and why we collect, store and use your personal data when you use our website. Like most websites, we use cookies to improve our service and make your user experience better.
See our updated Privacy Policy to find out more about cookies and how we use your data. On the Blog. View All Results. Also, Winston is considerably older than her and not very attractive, so both Winston and the reader may wonder why Julia has any interest in Winston to begin with.
As soon as I saw you I knew you were against them. One reading of this statement is as a coded admission that she works with the Thought Police. Charrington, who are revealed to be spies, Julia is never identified as working with the Thought Police, so it seems unlikely that her character is supposed to be read as a super-secret agent. As a result, even though Winston more strongly believes in the need to destroy the Party, Julia actually does more day-to-day to break the rules.
Julia has lots of contact with other people who do not obey the rules of the Party. Julia has had many secret lovers, and presumably some of these people supply her with contraband. Julia specifically mentions waiters and servants who work for the Inner Party and have access to contraband not usually available to the Outer Party.
By having a relationship that is not condoned by the Party with someone else who despises the Party, Julia is breaking the rules imposed by Oceania, which gives her more pleasure than anything else. The diary is the first thing that Winston purchases from Mr. He writes in the diary to get his thoughts out in the only way he can without immediately being caught by the Thought Police although they do eventually find it. Other Party members, however, do not consider the proles to even be human beings.
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