How The Events Of 1984 Have Made Them Who They Are

1984 Chris McCloskey Hillsborough Community College October 27, 2014 Abstract. In these questions I will analyze the characters while focusing on how the events in 1984 have made them who they are. I will also discuss the types of conditioning in the book and give examples of the conditioning. Then I will talk about some of the laws or regulations in the world today that I find to be not-constitutional. Finally I will define progressicism, socialism, communism and Marxism, and who founded them. 1. The characters in 1984 are trained to be collectivists because they stride for social harmony and the satisfaction in life is based on the success of the group as a whole. An example of this is everyone jobs is to make sure that Oceania succeeds against East Asia. (Orwell) 2. The all of the characters that have conformed have the same personalities, they are all obedient. However Winston and Julia are rebellious and stray from the norm. 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