A Comparative Essay, Discussing The Similarities And Differences Of The Text And Film Adaption Of 1984

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A Comparative Essay, Discussing The Similarities And Differences Of The Text And Film Adaption Of 1984

Hassan Al-saffar

Tale screens, Big brother, a world known, watched over and perfected. George Orwell created this world in the book 1984. Basically, this book was a warning to the future. Later on, Michael Radford made 1984 into a film. Although there are some differences between Orwell’s 1984 and Radford’s version of it, but there also are similarities in the physical descriptions, personalities, and in the way the film followed Orwell’s descriptions. The novel is about manipulating people in believing in something that isn’t really there and about erasing history. Both the book and film are focusing on: authority, government, and war. “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength”.  The book and film follow the theme of conformity to control society.

Authority was used as a form of terrorization between the working class societies in order to keep the society from corruption.” Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past”. The authority figures mentioned in the book and film were the thought police, “Big Brother”. The thought police were in charge of capturing people who did things that were forbidden and against the laws of the government. Some of the laws that the society couldn’t go against were having impure thoughts, overthrowing the government, such as not loving or believing in “Big Brother”.  In which committing these crimes were set various punishments to death. Authority was used to conform and control society.

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While, the relationship between Winston and Julia in the film is used to show how totalitarian government can and will triumph in any situation. Winston and Julia are both very strong-minded people, and that is important to their relationship and the point Orwell is trying to make. For very different reasons, both Winston and Julia desperately want to continue their relationship with each other. In the meeting with O’Brien, the couple says they will do anything they have to, with the exception of betraying each other. This act of commitment could be seen as an act of love, it is far ...

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