Nawaz Uddin Uddin 1

ENG 3UI
Mrs. Linnerth
June 18, 2014
The Pwer ! a T"rant in 1984
Pu#$ished in 1%4%, 1984 is ne ! Ger&e 'rwe$$(s #est)*ra!ted n+e$s, and it
re,ains ne ! the ,st -wer!u$ warnin&s e+er issued a&ainst the dan&ers ! a
tta$itarian s*iet". The rise t -wer ! di*tatrs su*h as .d$! /it$er in Ger,an" and
Jse-h 0ta$in in the 0+iet Unin ins-ired Ger&e 'rwe$$, whse had a !irsthand
e1-erien*e ! a di*tatria$ *ntr$ t write 1984 as a warnin& t the !uture. 1984 #"
Ger&e 'rwe$$ is n+e$ #ased n di*tatrshi-. There are ,an" the,es in 1984 hwe+er,
ne ! the ,st #+ius and #i&&est the,es dis*ussed in 1984 is -wer. 1984 is !u$$ !
e1a,-$es ! the wa"s 2i& 2rther 3i.e. the ,an in -wer at the ti,e4 #tains his -wer.
In 1984, ne ! the #i&&est wa"s 2i& 2rther &ains his -wer ! +er the -e-$e
! .irstri- 'ne 3i.e. used t #e *a$$ed En&$and4 is #" ,ani-u$atin& the,. 2i& 2rther
,ani-u$ates the -e-$e ! .irstri- 'ne #" ta5in& ad+anta&e ! their !ears. 6r e1a,-$e,
2i& 2rther threatens the -e-$e ! .irstri- 'ne #" usin& the thu&ht -$i*e, wh are a
&ru- ! e$ite s$diers that n$" ser+e 2i& 2rther. The dut" ! the thu&ht -$i*e is t
!ind traitrs r an"ne that -$anned n r e+en n*e thu&ht ! #etra"in& 2i& 2rther.
'n*e a traitr is *au&ht #" the thu&ht -$i*e, he is than ta5en t r, 101 in The
Ministr" '! L+e.


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In the Ministr" '! L+e, traitrs are se+ere$" trtured #th ,enta$$" and -h"si*a$$" t the
-int that the" wi$$ a*tua$$" #e$ie+e 2 7 2 8 9. :Te$$ ,e, ;instn)and re,e,#er, n $ies<
"u 5nw that i a, a$wa"s a#$e t dete*t a $ie) te$$ ,e, what are "ur true !ee$in&s
twards 2i& 2rther=( >I hate hi,.( >"u hate hi,. Gd. Then the ti,e has *,e !r "u
t ta5e the $ast ste-. ?u ,ust $+e 2i& 2rther. It is nt enu&h t #e" hi,< "u ,ust
$+e hi,.( /e re$eased ;instn with a $itt$e -ush twards the &uards. >@, 101,( he
said. A3Ger&e 'rwe$$ -a&e 2%94. ;instn was ta5en t r, 101 where he was
trtured se+ere$" #th ,enta$$" and -h"si*a$$". .!ter the trture ;instn was re$eased
hwe+er, he was a *,-$ete$" di!!erent -ersn, ;instn #e*a,e a ,an wh $+ed 2i&
2rther. 6urther,re, 2i& 2rther ,ani-u$ates the -e-$e ! .irstri- 'ne #" usin& war
as an e1*use. 6r instan*e, 2i& #rther *n+in*es the -e-$e that there is a war and
that the *untr" ,ust -rdu*e ,ateria$s t he$- ut hwe+er, it(s Bust #een a $ie the
wh$e ti,e there wasn(t a*tua$$" a war &in& n. 2i& 2rther setu- a #,# atta*5 n his
wn *untr" n *ertain *ities su*h as '*eania and et*. s that the -e-$e wu$d thin5
there is a war &in& n. ;ith the thu&ht ! a war &in& n in their ,inds, the -e-$e
$istened t 2i& 2rther and did nt 5nw that the" were Bust #ein& used as s$a+es #ein&
,ani-u$ated #" hi,. The -e-$e ! .irstri- 'ne wr5ed hard da" and ni&ht t -rdu*e
&ds. .$$ the &ds -rdu*ed #" the -e-$e went t 2i& 2rther hwe+er, the" did nt
5nw this. The -e-$e thu&ht it went t the s$diers at war. :;instn *u$d nt
de!inite$" re,e,#er a ti,e when his *untr" had nt #een at war, #ut it was e+ident that
there had #een a !air$" $n& inter+a$ ! -ea*e durin& his *hi$dhd, #e*ause ne ! his
ear$" ,e,ries was ! an air raid whi*h a--eared t ta5e e+er"ne #" sur-rise.
Perha-s it was the ti,e when the at,i* #,# had !a$$en n C$*hester.A3Ger&e
'rwe$$ -a&e 394. ;hen 2i& 2rther $ied t the *untr" a#ut war, the

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-e-$e had n *hi*e #ut t a&ree with hi, #e*ause the" had seen the at,i* #,#
e1-$de with their +er" wn e"es and due t the a&ree,ent ! war 2i& 2rther *u$d
,ani-u$ate the -e-$e easi$". 2i& 2rther used the -e-$e as s$a+es withut the,
5nwin& it. 6ina$$", 2i& 2rther ,ani-u$ates -e-$e #" $i,itin& r erasin& their
5nw$ed&e ! histr". 6r e1a,-$e, an" d*u,ents, arti*$es, d*u,entaries, -hts,
,+ies that were !und and has r had s,ethin& t d with histr" wu$d #e edited
and the ri&ina$ wu$d #e destr"ed. This was dne s that it wu$d nt ,a5e 2i&
2rther r an" ! the -arties $5 #ad and that -e-$e wu$d nt &et an" ideas. The
histr" was edited in su*h a wa" that it wu$d ,a5e 2i& 2rther and the -arties $5
&d thus it &i+e the, ,re *ntr$ +er the -e-$e. :Der" $i5e$" the *n!essins had
#een rewritten and rewritten unti$ the ri&ina$ !a*ts and dates n $n&er had the s,a$$est
si&ni!i*an*e. The -ast nt n$" *han&ed, #ut *han&ed *ntinuus$". ;hat ,st a!!$i*ted
hi, with the sense ! ni&ht,are was that he had ne+er *$ear$" understd wh" the hu&e
i,-sture was underta5en. The i,,ediate ad+anta&es ! !a$si!"in& the -ast were
#+ius, #ut the u$ti,ate ,ti+e was ,"sterius. /e t5 u- his -en a&ain and wrte< I
understand /';< I d nt understand ;/?.A3Ger&e 'rwe$$ -a&e 834. 2" editin&
histr" the -arties and 2i& 2rther &ain ,re -wer #e*ause the ri&ina$ histr" has
#een *,-$ete$" edited in a wa" that it ,a5es the, $5 $i5e heres e+en thu&h the"
are the *,-$ete --site. 2i& 2rther #ein& -rtra"ed as a her has earned hi, a $t
! res-e*t !r, the -e-$e #ut it a$s &a+e hi, ,re -wer +er the,.
In *n*$usin, e+en thu&h 2i& 2rther is a$read" a +er" dan&erus and -wer!u$ ,an,
ha+in& the a,azin& a#i$it" t ,ani-u$ate -e-$e withut the, e+en 5nwin& Bust ,a5es
hi, e+en ,re dan&erus and ,re -wer!u$ than e+er. This is nt a &d thin& !r the
-e-$e #e*ause it has hea+i$" a!!e*ted their $i+es. The -e-$e were ne+er a#$e t $i+e a
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$i!e #e*ause the" d nt ha+e *ntr$ +er it, instead 2i& 2rther *ntr$$ed the, $i5e
-u--ets.
.$s, 2i& 2rther is a ,an dee-$" #sessed with -wer he wi$$ d an"thin& t
attain it. In rder t attain ,re -wer e+en thu&h he has a $t ! -wer as it is, 2i&
2rther resrts t +i$en*e. 2i& 2rther hates traitrs s in rder t &et rid ! the,, 2i&
2rther su,,ns his e$ite s$diers a$s 5nwn as the thu&ht -$i*e, whse dut" is t
!ind and arrest e+er" -ersn wh #etra"ed r -$anned n #etra"in& r e+en thu&ht !
#etra"in& 2i& 2rther. 'n*e a traitr is !und he is than ta5en t The Ministr" ! L+e. In
the Ministr" ! L+e the traitr is se+ere$" trtured #ut i! he des nt #rea5 he is than
ta5en t r, 101. In r, 101, the traitr is !a*ed with the thin& he !ears ,re than
an"thin&. EF an"thin& t ,eGE he "e$$ed. E?uH+e #een star+in& ,e !r wee5s. 6inish it
!! and $et ,e die. 0ht ,e. /an& ,e. 0enten*e ,e t twent")!i+e "ears. Is there
s,e#d" e$se "u want ,e t &i+e awa"= Just sa" wh it is and I($$ te$$ "u an"thin&
"u want. I dnHt *are wh it is r what "u d t the,. IH+e &t a wi!e and three
*hi$dren. The #i&&est ! the, isnHt si1 "ears $d. ?u *an ta5e the wh$e $t ! the, and
*ut their thrats in !rnt ! ," e"es, and IH$$ stand #" and wat*h it. 2ut nt @,
101GE3Ger&e 'rwe$$ -a&e 3.1.I14. In r, 101 the t"-e ! trture the -art" de$i+ers is
s intense that the -e-$e su#Be*ted t it are read" t #etra" an"thin& and an"ne in
rder t a+id it. 6urther,re, In rder t &ain ,re -wer 2i& 2rther resrts t ,re
+i$en*e and starts a war. :0udden$" the wh$e street was in *,,tin. There were
"e$$s ! warnin& !r, a$$ sides. Pe-$e were shtin& int the drwa"s $i5e ra##its. .
"un& w,an $ea-t ut ! a drwa" a $itt$e ahead ! ;instn, &ra##ed u- a tin" *hi$d
-$a"in& in a -udd$e, whi--ed her a-rn rund it, and $ea-t #a*5 a&ain, a$$ in ne

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,+e,ent. .t the sa,e instant a ,an in a *n*ertina)$i5e #$a*5 suit, wh had e,er&ed
!r, a side a$$e", ran twards ;instn, -intin& e1*ited$" t the s5". E0tea,erGE he
"e$$ed. EL5 ut, &u+HnrG 2an& +er(eadG La" dwn Jui*5GE E0tea,erE was a ni*5na,e
whi*h, !r s,e reasn, the -r$es a--$ied t r*5et #,#s.A 31.8.I)%4. In rder t &ain
-wer 2i& 2rther started war in '*eania. The -e-$e ! '*eania $i+ed in !ear and their
h,es were destr"ed. 6ina$$", 'n*e 2i& 2rther t5 ad+anta&e ! te*hn$&" he had
n intentin ! #ein& #etra"ed #" an"ne. 6r e1a,-$e, 2i& 2rther had insta$$ed
sur+ei$$an*e *a,eras a$,st in e+er" sin&$e s-t in the *untr", -e-$e were #ein&
wat*hed 24 hurs a da" and I da"s a wee5 an"ne *au&ht wu$d either #e arrested r
5i$$ed neither -tin was &d. :It was terri#$" dan&erus t $et "ur thu&hts wander
when "u were in an" -u#$i* -$a*e r within ran&e ! a te$es*reen. The s,a$$est thin&
*u$d &i+e "u awa". . ner+us ti*, an un*ns*ius $5 ! an1iet", a ha#it ! ,utterin&
t "urse$! K an"thin& that *arried with it the su&&estin ! a#nr,a$it", ! ha+in&
s,ethin& t hide. In an" *ase, t wear an i,-r-er e1-ressin n "ur !a*e 3t $5
in*redu$us when a +i*tr" was annun*ed, !r e1a,-$e4 was itse$! a -unisha#$e
!!ense. There was e+en a wrd !r it in News-ea5< !a*e*ri,e, it was *a$$ed.A 31.9.L94.
The Part"(s sur+ei$$an*e ta*ti*s and te*hn$&" were s ad+an*ed that e+en the
s,a$$est twit*h *an #etra" a re#e$$ius s-irit. In *n*$usin, a$thu&h 2i& 2rther was a
-wer!u$ and dan&erus ,an, resrtin& t +i$en*e ,ade hi, ,re -wer!u$ and ,re
dan&erus than e+er. /we+er, it a$s a!!e*ted the $i+es ! the -e-$e. . $t ! -e-$e
died in the #,# e1-$sins, s,e died ! trture, s,e had n h,es t $i+e in and
e+entua$$" died ! star+atin.

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.$thu&h 2i& 2rther was a +er" -wer!u$ and a dan&erus ,an, the a#i$it" t
,ani-u$ate -e-$e and a$s resrtin& t +i$en*e when that did nt wr5 ut, ,ade hi,
,re dan&erus and e1tre,e$" ,re -wer!u$ than e+er. 2i& 2rther -ssessed the
Jua$ities ! a true t"rant, he was -wer hun&r", a,#itius and se$!ish. Thse Jua$ities !
2i& 2rther ruined the $i+es ! ,an" -e-$e hwe+er, it did nt ,atter t hi,. It was a
+er" #+ius !a*t that ne ! the #i&&est the,es in 1984 was -wer. 2i& 2rther was a
,ad ,an wh was +er" #sessed with -wer, he wu$d ha+e &ne a$,st t an"
hei&hts t #tain -wer , 2i& 2rther was a ruth$ess, se$!ish, a,#itius and a -wer
hun&r" t"rant. In *n*$usin, 1984 #" Ger&e 'rwe$$ was a -er!e*t e1a,-$e and a &d
warnin& t the !uture a#ut what is -ssi#$e when a ,an has t ,u*h -wer and wh"
we shu$d -re+ent that !r, ha--enin&.