Muse vs. George Orwell

 The lyrics to the song The Resistance by Muse are very much similar to the events that occured in George Orwell's 1984. It mostly focuses on the idea of rebellion and disobeying the law.

 To begin with, the first line of the song, "is your secret safe tonigh? And are we out of sight?" creates an image of secrecy and privacy, which relates back to the novel. At first, Winston was constantly trying to hide what he was doing, including his thoughts, ideas and writing. Winston was always trying to look for ways and places to hide from the telescreen which was constantly watching everyone. Which also relates to the second stanza, "Will they find our hiding place? Is this our last embrace? Or will the walls start caving in?". Also, relating to those lyrics, is the fact that Winston and Julia were always looking for quiet and private places in which they could do whatever they pleased all the time.

 Next, the 3rd and 4th stanzas are connected to the fact that the people of the brotherhood WANT to do whatever they please, worrying about getting caught, and HOPING that its the right thing to do. The next three stanzas are related to the book because they all tie back to the connection and relationship that Julia and Winston had.

 The same three stanzas also speak of the way that most people, if not everyone, are worried and scared of the telescreens and viewscreens. Any wrong move would lead to a tough and severe punishment.

 Finally, the last two stanzas speak of the end of the rebellion basically. Winston and Julia eventually got caught, which was the end of their attempts. The whole process was a "resistance" of the law.

War is Peace

A phrase that was frequently brought up among the characters within the novel 1984 by George Orwell was "War is Peace". Now, how is that possible if the statement is contradicting itself?

Within the dimensions of the novel, the world has been split up into three big states; Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. These three states are constantly at war, only the irony behind it is that there is no definite reason as to why these states would be fighting in the first place. There is no material or ideological difference that is really driving these states to perform such foolish acts. By war, physical fighting isn't necessarily the issue, its the mental thoughts and the ideas that might cause some conflict.The main aim of war within the Inner Party was to use up the products of the machines without raising the general standard of living. Considering the fact that the technological areas were developing very quickly within the stare, it was thought that the machines could take away hunger, illiteracy, diseases, etc. But then it was thought that the increase in health would also destroy this equal society that has been created. That idea led to the Party creating short work hours, giving people enough to eat and live in good conditions, would give people the desired equality, and there wouldn't be any difference between people anymore.

War was also needed to keep the industry up and running without increasing the wealth of anyone in the world. The products should be made, but not distributed to anyone. In order to get that done, continuous warfare was necessary. War was generally a way to keep the people under control.