Name: Anonymous 2010-01-22 22:46
Did anyone else feel like 1984 was a metaphor for the human mind? Are we so occupied in hating and loving each other(War and Peace) that we fail to notice how deprived we are as people? And that attempts to change ourselves for the better(Emmanuel Goldstein) are quickly stomped out via fear of criticism(Big Brother) or needless pride(The loyalty to Big Brother)?
When Orwell talks about The Brotherhood, he is actually referring to dangerous thoughts in our mind that fall under our radar. Ones that we can't control, ones that we find painful or destructive, ones of hate and destruction. But that doesn't mean that we don't succumb from time to time. Then these thoughts and feelings are treated just as the captives by Big Brother, by ritualistically and remorselessly annihilating them.
But these thoughts and feelings aren't always bad. Many of them are deep and profound longings for freedom, for friendship, for love, but we suppress these thoughts as equally as ones of a more degrading manner.
tl;dr: I find the novel more of an analogy of how we moderate our feelings and interact with others than it is an actual model of world government.
When Orwell talks about The Brotherhood, he is actually referring to dangerous thoughts in our mind that fall under our radar. Ones that we can't control, ones that we find painful or destructive, ones of hate and destruction. But that doesn't mean that we don't succumb from time to time. Then these thoughts and feelings are treated just as the captives by Big Brother, by ritualistically and remorselessly annihilating them.
But these thoughts and feelings aren't always bad. Many of them are deep and profound longings for freedom, for friendship, for love, but we suppress these thoughts as equally as ones of a more degrading manner.
tl;dr: I find the novel more of an analogy of how we moderate our feelings and interact with others than it is an actual model of world government.