This document summarizes and compares the novels Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Brave New World. It provides brief summaries of the two novels, focusing on their dystopian futures and totalitarian governments. The document then compares the two works based on their approaches to totalitarianism and propaganda, citizen identity and loyalty, and use of technology. Both novels aim to ensure the world remains exactly as the government controls it, though they differ in how citizens are monitored and conditioned.

1. Comparing Ninteen Eighty-Four with
Brave New World

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3. Table of contents
01
03 04
02
Writers introduction
Comparison between
both novels
Conclusion
Brief summary of both
novels

4. 01
Writers
introduction

5. George Orwell
● George Orwell was born on 25 June 1903 Motihari , Bengal Presidency,
British India.
● Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English
novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.
● His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to
totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
● He is known for the allegorical novel Animal Farm (1945) and
the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
● Died on 21 January 1950 (age 46) London, England.

6. 02
Summary of
both novels

7. Brief summary of both novels
● 1984 is a dystopian novella by George Orwell published in
1949, which follows the life of Winston Smith, a low ranking
member of ‘the Party’, who is frustrated by the omnipresent
eyes of the party, and its ominous ruler Big Brother. ‘Big
Brother’ controls every aspect of people’s lives.
● The novel examines a futuristic society, called the World State,
that revolves around science and efficiency. In this society,
emotions and individuality are conditioned out of children at a
young age, and there are no lasting relationships because
“every one belongs to every one else” .

8. Comparison between
Nineteen Eighty-Four and
Brave New World
03

9. Comparison based on
four themes
● Totalitarianism and Propaganda
● Identity and Loyalty
● Technology

10. Totalitarianism and
Propaganda
● The main difference between BNW and 1984 is the way the citizens are
controlled. In 1984 they are controlled by the government through fear, while in
BNW the government controls them with pleasure.
● 1984, the government is present all the time, through telescreens, people, etc. In
BNW, the citizens appear to be less under control, although it happens. But they
are constantly monitored by the state and therefore every person will turn another
person in if he or she acts strange.
● The third difference is the type of propaganda.it’s used a lot, but in 1984 the
language is a type of propaganda and in BNW it’s not.

11. Identify and Loyalty
● Citizen loyal to the authorities and this applies for both the novel’s. The difference
is that in 1984 some people are loyal to another ‘authority’, the brotherhood.
Another difference is that the people of 1984 are more likely to have ‘meaningful’
relationships than the people of BNW. Therefore, the people of 1984 could also be
(a little bit) loyal to their partner.
● In 1984, people are raised and created by their parents. Therefore, there are
differences in their upbringing, which has a chance they sort of create an own
identity. In BNW, this is not the case. They are all raised by the system and some of
the people are mass produced. This leads to minor to no differences in the
upbringing and makes it really hard to have an individual identity.

12. Technology
● The reasons for using the technology, are quite different in both the novels. In 1984,
it is used mainly to monitor the Party members (usually the Outer-Party). The Party
members are to a certain extent aware of the fact that they are being monitored.
● In BNW, the entire society is built on technology. The technology is so advanced
that the scientists are able to create life (babies). The government is not just
‘keeping an eye on people’, like in 1984, but they create human in a way that they
are easier to control.

13. A similarity is that in both novels, the ‘end goal’ is the same: to ensure that
the world stays exactly the same,under their control.
Conclusion

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