Analysis of "'1984' in 2017" by Rob Harvilla
Recently, Donald Trump has fueled and increase in political tension globally. Public outrage combined with confident enthusiasm divides the United States and sparks debates internationally. Rob Harvilla compares the political climate/predicted future to George Orwell's famous dystopian novel, 1984. Harvilla passionately argues the transition of modern day into a dystopian future through charged language and logos. Harvilla begins the article by reviewing, for the audience, recent popular books. Coming in at number one is none other than . . . 1984: "Yes, George Orwell’s 1984, his vivid and colossally cynical 1949 novel about a bleak, totalitarian future, rocketed to no. 1 on Amazon’s best-seller list this week". Using "vivid" and "colossally cynical" are strategically inserted to describe 1984, but follow a sentence describing the terrible political climate, inferring them to refer to the 2016 presidential election. Harvilla writing "as you are unfortunately aware" expresses the passion behind the topic - combining literature with the "terrible political climate". Logic makes the comparison. Orwell's prediction of the boxes studying our every move is now a daily use of time - and willingly! The combination Harvilla used comparing the Ministry of Truth to the presidential campaign share dashing similarities. Throughout 1984 Orwell adds an emphasis to the obliteration of facts. Harvilla brilliantly transfers the destruction of the truth to the climate change issue when he states, "the fear that all climate-change evidence might vanish". Harvilla incorporates wit, facts, and clever language to passionately express the overlap between the dystopian novel, 1984, to today's divided and unfortunate political stance. The combination of literature and current events interests all, and appeals to solid liberals all over. Harvilla successfully argues the comparison while intriguing the audience with an unusual, modern-day comparison.
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