It’s not the sort of book I normally would read but after
reading 1984, I am keen to read his other works now too. I had heard so much about George Orwell’s’
book 1984 and so many people telling me how the government of today were using
it as an instruction manual, I just had to read it and judge for myself.
I can say there is not much that I cannot relate to in some
way or other, the two way TV screens that watch your every move and hear your
every word, well our internet resembles that factor of the government spy
network of its citizens. The fake war
that never ends and the reasons behind it (of this I will not say too much, as
it is a piece of realization that should only be given by Orwell himself) but
there have been several wars as of late that have been wrought with allegations
of being illegal but the reasoning behind these wars is very convenient, to add
to this there is further food for thought in Orwell’s revelation of this.
The proles in Orwell’s book are left to their own devices, classed as natural inferiors, they are very
poor and not educated enough to let them see what was going on, so as they
would never revolt. They resemble the 99%, the proletariat of today. The way
I describe stratification of our very own education system in a previous
article is very frightening to consider, when you look at Orwell’s fictional
world and how it resembles our world so very closely. There were also no medical facilities for the
proles that were mentioned either, much like our own NHS being dismantled right now.
There is also the daily two minute hate sessions that are held. The population of the outer party are
brainwashed to hate one man, ‘Big Brothers’ opposition. Under our government, the population is being
turned on the poor, the conservatives opposition, very much like the German
population of 1933 when Hitler took over as chancellor. The government in Orwell’s tale control the media
and news to a degree not thought possible, they change the news on a daily
basis to match what they want the population to know. Our own government also controls the media and
can control what we do and do not see. Any
of these resemblances can be found in governments acts passed by our very own
government on the government website and yet day by day people are drawn into Orwell’s
vision unconsciously.
One final haunting thought that this book leaves you with
are the great purges at the start of the reign of ‘Big Brother’, you cannot help
but remember the purge of World War Two but this was based on the purge caused
by Stalin when he had 11 million people slaughtered in cold blood. Although our government is not as obvious as
this, we are now sitting at an estimated death rate of around 20, 000 elderly
and disabled since 2010. After reading
this book I can, with a clear mind state that I believe our own UK government
and possibly even the US are using this as their handbook. George Orwell is a great visionary, but I
pray this vision comes to a halt before it becomes as blatant as his fictional vision.
I will say that I will have to read the book again as I
soaked up every chapter so fast, I am sure I missed more resemblances and for
those that have not read it yet I would recommend this as a really good
read. I understand that this, however,
is a book of fiction based on some very real background history that the author
experienced, the Spanish Civil War under the oppression of Franco and Russian Communism
during the years of Lenin/Stalin. He decided to write some fictional novels
about his experience, which are good reads on their own, however when added to today’s
predicaments add a haunting note to his tale.
For anyone wanting to delve further into todays policies I have put the link below:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
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