with a grim view for the future at the end of 1984. He felt that morals are revolutionary are constantly undermining one another. Orwell said, “Marx had exploded a hundred tons of dynamite beneath the moralist position, and we are still living in the echo of that tremendous crash. But, already, somewhere or other, the sappers are at work and fresh dynamite is being tamped in place to blow Marx to the moon. Then Marx, or somebody like him will come back with yet more dynamite, and so the process continues, to an end we can not foresee.” (Bookshelf 1994) This quote was justified by a later quote by Orwell. “For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle he feels himself the master of his fate, but against major events, he is as helpless as against the elements. So far from endeavoring to influence the future, he simply lies down and lets things happen to him.” (Bookshelf 1994) In essence Orwell is trying to let people know that they should be aware about what is going on around them. You can’t expect everything to fall in your lap, you have to go out and get it, or someday someone will get it for you- and it will be too late to change it. Human nature wants to be passive and have decisions made for them. through this venue, free will and choice is lost and a totalitarian government will prevail causing democracy to be forgotten. Works CitedGardner, Averil. George Orwell. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1987.Meyers, Valerie. George Orwell. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991.“Orwell, George.” Microsoft Bookshelf, 1994.Reilly, Patrick.George Orwell, The Age’s Adversary. New York: St Martin’s Press,1986....
