Friday, December 21, 2018

London is on fast-forward, a city-state in which there is little relief from omnipresent technologies and surveillance. Traditionally, people in need of respite from the everyday pressures of life in the city resort to some experience in nature. Comment on the significance of nature in Orwell’s novel by referring to Winston and Julia’s time beyond the city as well as to other elements that may be associated with nature.

Winston and Julia’s trust frequently leads them to the countryside where things are simpler, and it seems to be a safe assumption that there is less surveillance. While they are wrong, this is a representation of the common desire for escapism and retreat into nature that many people experience. Think about camping. When we have all the modern luxuries and comforts we could want, it seems counterintuitive that people would choose to give that up and go rough it in nature.
What Winston and Julia show, in their escape into the country, is the tranquility and relief of leaving modernity behind. Being in nature provides rest and a chance to leave the fast pace and stress of modern life behind, and in the novel, it shows them leaving surveillance behind and feeling free for a brief period. That is what people are typically seeking by going out and “connecting” with nature.

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