1984 Analytical Essay - 861 Words

992542 P.5 Finesse of Emotions What makes us human? What makes us human is our curiosity and constant evolution. What makes us human is the ability to create social categories and to form opinions. Abstract emotions including love, thought and creativity are what make us human. In 1984, George Orwell uses his dystopia to show that if we were to abolish these abstract emotions we would cease to be human and become the simple primates we once were; surviving for the sake of survival. Orwell uses Winston and Julia’s relationship to show the power of the human emotion of love. Winston is a pessimistic man that has nothing to live for except for life itself, until he meets a love interest; Julia. Orwell narrates â€Å"At the†¦show more content†¦Orwell is stating that the party convinces that your emotions are nothing but â€Å"mere feelings†. The party is saying that the same emotions that separate humans from savages are of â€Å"no account†. Orwell also asserts the dehumanization of the party members during the re-education of Winston. O’Brien explains to Winston, â€Å"We control matter because we control the mind. â€Å"Reality is in the skull† (218). O’Brien convinces Winston that what he perceives the world to be, is nothing but what the party wants him to perceive. He is telling him that all that he knows means nothing because â€Å"we [the party] control[s] matter† This dehumanizes him by controlling his creativity and thought processes; they make him think whatever they want him to think. By doing this Winston becomes nothing but an extant body; a lifeless corpse that has no means of its own aside from survival. The most powerful weapons in the world are emotions. Emotions not only guide us, but seem to control us. Emotions are easily manipulated by the government and the media to their choosing in order to sustain society and promote anything from toy model cars to large scale genocide. 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