Is 1984 (Orwell) optimistic or pessimistic?

Question: Is 1984 (Orwell) optimistic or pessimistic!?

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Pessimistic!. Quote from 1984 below!. That's about as pessimistic as you can get!.

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever!."

I think Orwell's pessimism stemmed largely from his belief that technology would be far more effective at enslaving people than it would be at liberating them!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

In short, it is pessimistic!.
Though in the beginning, Winston and Julia's private rebellion gives the audience hope that no matter how oppressive the Party is, people will triumph, it is all a sham!.
Room 101 proves to both of them that the Party has achieved the ultimate power!.!.!.thought control!. And with the loss of thought, freedom is officially lost!.
Therefore, it is a pessimistic novel because it pushes the idea that totalitarianism can get to a point where all forms of freedom can be obliterated, and there is nothing anyone can do about it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

1984 is possibly the definitive dystopian novel, set in a world beyond our imagining!. A world where totalitarianism really is total, all power split into three roughly equal groups--Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania!. 1984 is set in Oceania, which includes the United Kingdom, where the story is set, known as Airstrip One!.

Winston Smith is a middle-aged, unhealthy character, based loosely on Orwell's own frail body, an underling of the ruling oligarchy, The Party!. The Party has taken early 20th century totalitarianism to new depths, with each person subjected to 24 hour surveillance, where people's very thoughts are controlled to ensure purity of the oligarchical system in place!. Figurehead of the system is the omnipresent and omnipotent Big Brother!.

But Winston believes there is another way!.

1984 joins Winston as he sets about another day, where his job is to change history by changing old newspaper records to match with the new truth as decided by the Party!.

"He who controls the past, controls the future" is a Party slogan to live by and it gives Winston his job, but Winston cannot see it like that!. Barely old enough to recall a time when things were different, he sets out to expose the Party for the cynically fraudulent organisation that it is!. He is joined by Julia, a beautiful young woman much in contrast with Winston physically, but equally sickened by the excesses of her rulers!.

You will meet many recognisable characters, themes, and words which have become part of our everyday life as you read 1984!. Where did Big Brother first appear!? Certainly not on Australian TV! Written in Orwell's inimitable journalistic style, 1984 is a tribute to a man who saw the true dangers of historian Lord Acton's (1834-1902) statement: "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely!."

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