This PPT is prepared for Classroom presentations of MA Semester 2, presented at the Department of English, MKBU. This presentation contains "George Orwell's '1984' :- A War for the Present and Future"

1. Topic :- “George Orwell’s 1984 : A Warning for
the Present and Future’’
Department of English , Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
Paper No:- 107 The Twentieth Century Literature - 2
Prepared By:- Hetal Pathak

2. Personal Details :-
Presented by :- Hetal Pathak E-mail :- hetalpathak28@gmail.com
Roll No :- 09 Submitted to :- Smt S.B.Gardi , Department of English
Enrollment No :- 4069206420220022
Semester :- 2
Paper No :- 107 Paper Code :- 22400
Paper name :- The Twentieth century Literature - 2

3. Introduction of
the Writer
Brief Overview
about the novel
Orwell’s Political
Views
Examination of the
Political and Social
issues raised in the
novel
Orwell’s 1984 as a
Warning for the
Future
Conclusion
Road map
of the Entire
Presentation

4. Introduction of the writer :-
● George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, English novelist,
essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and
Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the latter a profound anti-utopian novel
that examines the dangers of totalitarian rule.
● His ambition was to create long “ Social” novels but he also tried
almost every other kind of writing. But he mainly wrote about history
and Politics.
● George orwell Perfected his rhetorical arsenal and lucid but flexible
Prose style during the Political battles of the 1930s and 1940s.
● In the Works like - ‘ Animal Farm’ and ‘Nineteen Eighty- four ‘ both
reflects the Political thoughts and ideas of Orwell.
● Although, Orwell’s ability as a descriptive writer is acknowledged.
His ability as a story teller is one of the Popular Features of the book.

5. A Brief Overview Of The Novel :-
● Nineteen Eighty-four, also published as 1984, novel by
English author George Orwell published in 1949 as a
warning against totalitarianism.
● The chilling dystopia made a deep impression on
readers, and his ideas entered mainstream culture in a
way achieved by very few books.
● The book’s title and many of its concepts, such as Big
Brother and the Thought Police, are instantly
recognized and understood, often as bywords for
modern social and political abuses.
● Its depiction of a state where daring to think differently
is rewarded with torture, where people are monitored
every second of the day, and where party propaganda
trumps free speech and thought is a sobering reminder
of the evils of unaccountable governments.

6. George orwell’s Political Views:-
❏ In His essay :- “ Why I Write,” Orwell (1947) says :- I do not think one can assess a w
motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter w
determined by the age he lives in at least true in tumultous, revolutionary ages like our own
❏ George Orwell was a Political writer and according to him by circumstances under which
become aware of his Political loyalties.
❏ He says - “ Every line of Serious work that I have written since 1936 has been dire
indirectly against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism.” ( Orwell 1947).
❏ There are two significant events that have great influence on Orwell’s Political thoughts.
1. The Russian revolution
2. The Spanish civil war between 1936 and 1939
❏ Orwell described him as ‘ Pro - Socialist.’ he was longing for was a society in which there would
class distinctions, and he named his ideal ideology democratic socialism.
❏ The ideological basis of the revolution was taken from the Philosophy of karl marx and Fre
Angles.

7. ❖ Examination of the Political and Social issues raised in the
Novel :-
.
❏ This novel explores a very Powerful satire on the Political and against oppressive government
rulers as well as social hypocrisies.
❏ Harold L. Berger opines that the prominent Feature of the novel is that :-
“ The dictatorship of the Party whose object is power,the execution of brainwashing
of dissident, the divorce from values and memory of the past where people are destructive of
the capacity to think , through the perversion of language and denigration of self esteem.”
❏ This novel Presents a very dark and gloomy Picture of the Society.
❏ The Projected world of 1984 is a technically advance society. Orwell shows that society Where
government monitors and controls on every aspect of human life.

8. ● The novel 1984 clearly depicts the warning for the Present time and
Future time also.George Orwell’s Strongest criticism of Communism
was its failure to interpret human motives.
● The Society which orwell created most perfectly expressed freedom by
governing without laws.
● In the study of George orwell’s 1984 Robert f. Gleckner Stated that;
“ Orwell’s Purpose was neither to Prophesy nor merely to attack the
soviet system. This novel can be best considered as a Warning of what
could happen if Socialism became a Political system by means of
which a small minority became a powerful totalitarian group.”
● This novel depicts a ruined world but by learning from George Orwell
Perhaps one can prevent this from happening in our present day and
future also.
❖ George Orwell’s 1984 as a Warning for the Future :-

9. Conclusion :-
.
In Conclusion This novel resembles a continuous watch on every human
being. It questions about the freedom and independent thinking of
people and how do they feel about all kinds of things. The conditions of
the citizens were very miserable. The citizens are Conditioned, monitored
and made to live in constant and eternal fear without any protest. They
all merely exist in this cruel world. The citizens are conditioned through
Coercive method. They lived under a sense of Perennial fear and that is
why it question the motives and Principles of the State.

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