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1984 - The Book Vs. The Movie
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1984 - the book vs. the movie
1984
George Orwell's 1984, the book, presented the audience with a dreadful view of what the future looked like. He presented the future in one of the slogans of the Party: "freedom is slavery." All the citizens in Oceania were practically under a "microscope" the whole day, except the Proles, mainly to keep a close watch for any traitors of the party like Goldstein. The telescreens were the primary things to maintain order on the land, and this is where "freedom is slavery" is done. It is because of these screens that everyone's personal freedom is really like slavery. The people are always being watched and hardly have any free will to do anything they desire. Many scenes in the movie capture this message, or slogan, of the Party. One is when Winston got a "home" for him and Julia on top of Charrington's store. Another one is when Winston and O'Brien meet in "the place where there is no darkness," in the Ministry of Love. The final scene is when the couple, Winston and Julia, meet at the Chestnut Tree Cafe. These scenes portray that "freedom is slavery," and how corrupt the society was.
The government of Oceania, where citizen's personal freedom is concealed, is bound to have some anxiety grow within the peoples. People will eventually try to rebel and go against the government and their principles. This is what Winston and Julia had. Their love showed to us their hatred to the Party, and it only seemed natural because of the constant suppression of Oceania. But, on the other hand, they are slaves to the Party and did everything the Party asked of them. In their heads, though, they know they hate the Party. The movie showed this quite well, though editing a lot of parts. When the lovers were in the rented room, Winston told Julia many times that they were the dead. It was just bound to happen that they would get caught. They knew that "loving" someone was one of the worst things to do, and being slaves of the principles of Ingsoc, their choice to be lovers was a crime; it only took time before they were caught. They thought they were free, but they were really being watched by the Party making them enslaved all this time.
Probably one of the best examples of freedom being slavery is when O'Brien meets Winston in "the place where there is no darkness," the Ministry of Love. Winston entirely summed up his opposing of the Party by saying that 2 + 2 = 4. O'Brien, knowing all of Winston's "wrongdoings," used this to condition Winston. O'Brien put Winston on a machine that inflicted pain on the whole body. During Winston's integration, O'Brien held up four fingers in Winston's face and asked how many were shown. Winston would say four, representing his versus to the Party, eventually getting hurt more with each wrong answer. Repetitively, this would occur as part of Winston's reintegration. The movie depicted this part very good because it presented the idea that freedom is slavery through Winston's own capture. Because of Winston's "freedom," the pain was inflicted upon him since he is a slave to the Party. "Freedom is slavery," and Winston's freedom led to this.
The final scene which sufficiently presented the idea that "freedom is slavery" is Winston and Julia meeting at the Chestnut Tree Cafe. Though it is very different in the book, it showed how Party members were overpowered in the book by the Party. The feelings that Winston and Julia had in the past were no longer in them after their reintegration. They hardly even talked! This showed that there was no freedom in Oceania. And if there were betrayers to the Party, they would eventually obey the principles at the end. Winston and Julia did not care about each other anymore. They were more concerned what was happening in the outside world, just as any ordinary Party member would do. They became slaves again to the Party and had no freedom in choosing what they wanted to do. This was the Party's main objective, and the Party won against Winston and Julia.
These scenes showed how corrupt society was and how members of the Party were limited to show off their free will. On the other hand, the "proles" did not have to be watched. So they had the freedom to do things Party members couldn't do--have feelings for their loved ones, personal thoughts, etc. They didn't need to have telescreens in their homes. Proles were regular people like the Party members, but had better advantages in Oceania because the government didn't care that much about the proles. Winston, in the book, learned that he actually cared for the proles because like him, they can overthrow the Party if they assembled together. But, as a slave, Winston's "freedom" came to an end.
"Freedom is slavery," one of the slogans of the Party, was represented well in the book as well as in the movie. It is represented well in three scenes in the movie and the character of the proles. Party members' freedom was like slavery in that they were limited to only some things. They couldn't think about anything against the Party, say anything against the Party, or do anything on their own because there were telescreens everywhere in Oceania. The society, in whole, was very corrupt that limited free will and displayed a digusting picture of what the future would look like.
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