A dystopian society is always an interesting setting for a story but George Orwell’s “1984” might be one of the most nefarious settings in a novel. In the novel “1984” we see a reimagined London from the view if an authoritarian dictator took over a big portion of the world. For the life of the main character Winston life is mundane and gloomy, always being watched and surveyed just like most citizens of air strip one which is what London is now called . Every day for Winston seems cold, and depressing for some reason, “Outside, even through the shut window-pane, the world looked cold” (Orwell 4). 
Through the eyes of Winston, no matter where he looks including outside through his window, the world looks cold and sad. Life for Winston is truly sad as “The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features” (Orwell 4). 
In Winston’s living area victory mansions, the scenery is decrepit and worn-out with posters instilling fear as you walk through the hallways. 1984 is a dystopia like no other but a truly depressing and an inhumane one I would not like to live in with its creepy poster all around and the disgusting and decrepit housing situations. 

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The political spectrum is essentially a scale of being more left wing or right wing. It is meant to compare parties or people by putting them on scales to compare how right or left wing they are or how much of a conservatist or liberal they are.

Left wing policies are very for the people and that every one should get something or get what is equal. Right wing is about conservatism and abiding to certain hierarchy’s that are traditionalist.

Authoritarian is where you have a government in power enforcing rules that restrict your liberty. Lbertarian is where  you have a government where they are pro liberty meaning the advocate for your right to freedom.

Ingsoc and big brother fit along the lines of authoritarian/fascist government because they want to control the people and restrict their freedom. they have thought police to catch you before you commit a crime, they have posters reminding you big brother is always watching, they have helicopters surveying you at night, they have cameras on telescreens to watch you and they have cameras all around. the citizens of airstrip one essentially have no freedom

1. f) Provide examples of cancel culture in 1984.

in the first few chapters Goldstein appeared in the two minutes of hate which is kind like the books own way of cancel culture where everyone in the room for two minutes was hating and screaming profanities because they disagreed with the person. how ever Goldstein was talking about having freedom but this is something people disagree with in 1984 because they need to follow the orders of big brother.

2.g) Do you believe society should be able to cancel someone?

no, just because people disagree with someone doesn’t give them the right to cancel someone

1. h) Who is Withers and who is Ogilvy?

Withers was one of the characters in 1984 that was disgraced for reasons not known but was theorized for corruption or incompetence

Ogilvy is a made up character in 1984 fantasized by the main character Winston

Winston Smith is A male middle aged character from the novel “1984” written by George Orwell. Winston is the main character who works at the fictional work place called the ministry of truth where he works as a writer. The funny part is he doesn’t actually write he uses as device where he speaks and it writes for him. some descriptions about Winston is that he looks a little aged and that he doesn’t look the most attractive. Because of this later on in 1984 we can see that he gets frustrated that he cant be with a girl because he think she will not find him attractive and she’s part of the though police and he already committed a thought crime. The crime he committed was in his space of living which is inside a place called victory mansions. He wrote in a journal about how he doesn’t like big brother who is the leader or top person who watches over airstrip one. So far Winston doesn’t seem like the most likeable person his thoughts and actions are some i do not agree with. i have come to the conclusion that i do not like him as a character he is self obsessed and a has a bit of a superiority complex.