What are some good questions to ask for George Orwell 1984 Essays?

Eric Arthur Blair who is better known by his pen name, George Orwell won a Prometheus Award for dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Nineteen Eighty-Four, a literary political fiction about totalitarian regime was written by George Orwell to make people aware of the hazardous consequences that totalitarianism may lead to. As the novel deals with political philosophy, so, it’s better for students to ask philosophical question in George Orwell essays.

Nationalism, sexual repression, futurology and censorship are the themes of 1984, so, your question about political philosophy should be in accordance with these themes to write a George Orwell essay. Here are some good questions with a few guidelines that you may ask for your George Orwell’s essays:

Q1. Does Big Brother really existed in 1984 or it was just an entity crafted by the political party?

Guidelines:

 

• The character of big brother has ambiguity in 1984; thus, you can’t make an accurate judgment on his character but you have to agree with one of the preceding statement.
• If you agree with that Big Brother exists; then you should mention ways through which the party in 1984 lead people realize BIG Brother to be real in your George Orwell 1984 essays.

Q2.   What is the hidden message behind slogan: “War is Peace”?

Guidelines:

 

• First of all, you should make it clear to your readers that wars take place between the states to sustain peace through reference examples to support the party slogan in 1984 George Orwell essays.
• Next to reference, you should explain how two allied and powerful forces in 1984 against the third powerful state brought perpetual peace to fictional world of 1984 through continuous wars with some examples.

Q3. How was the repressive society of Oceania controlled by the party in 1984?

Guidelines:

 

The preceding question to write essays of George Orwell about 1984 should be answered with the help of a quote:  “He, who controls the present, controls the past. He, who controls the past, controls the future.”

 

• You should elaborate a bit further about your reference quote that controllers of present avoid committing past mistakes to be successful in the future. In addition to this explanation for George Orwell collected essays, you should explain ways adopted by the party to keep an eye on society acts and punish them if society is found to be guilty.

Last but not least, George Orwell essays questions should be discussed in the eyes of political philosophy.