1984: A Different Kind of Dystopia?

 In the reading, we see that O'Brien describes that the Party is not working for the people. They know what they're doing. They just want power for the sake of power. They say that they aren't even trying to be a "stupid hedonistic Utopia". They want the world to become more and more merciless, they want all science, art, and literature to stop. They want no love, except for Big Brother. This is very different from the dystopia we see in Brave New World. In Brave New World, we see a society trying to be a Utopia, and for some people it is, but from a different point of view we see a Dystopia, creating its own societal norms. However, in 1984, we see a society willingly and knowingly becoming a Dystopia. The society isn't even trying to be a Utopia, and from no point of view is it a Utopia. Even the people who accept society are scared of it, with the thought police existing, and their children always having the possibility of giving them up for the smallest thing. 


Do you see a way for this to be a Utopia for anyone involved? Or is there no saving the Party?

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