Abstract1984isapoliticalnovelwrittenbytheBritishleft-wingwriterGeorgeOrwell.Itdepictsanimaginarytotalitariansociety,theultimategoalofwhichispower,wherepeoplewillfeelsuffocatedandscaryaboutthesociety.Thetotalitariansocietymaintainsitsrulingorderthroughacultofpersonalitytotheleadersandhatredfortheenemybothathomeandabroad.TheprotagonistofthisnovelWinstonisthefirstpersonwhodaretoexpresshisrealthoughtsthroughkeepingadairy.AlthoughtherearelanguageconstrictionsuchasNewspeak,mentalslaveryinvolvingtheThoughtPoliceandthetotalitarianruleofBigBrother,andsomeotherextremerestrictionsonhumanemotionandnature,theprotagonisthasalwaysresistedalltheinjusticeshesufferedinthesociety.Thisthesiswillmainlyintroducetheauthor,synopsisandviewpointsofthenovel1984,anddiscussthedestructionandmaintenanceofWinston’shumanisminaccordancewiththepost-colonialismtheory.Throughintensivestudyonthewritingpurposeoftheauthor,itcanbeconcludedthatthisnovelnotonlyindicatesthedestructionofhumannaturebytotalitarianism,butalsoshowstheauthor’sthoroughcriticismandprofoundthinkingontheessenceofhumanityimprison.Inaddition,theauthorattemptstoawakenthereaders’enthusiasmtolifethroughdescribingWinston’pursuitofmother'slove,sweetaffection,andhislovetolife.KeyWords:totalitarianism;destructionofhumanism;maintenanceofhumanism摘要《1984》是英国左翼作家乔治·奥威尔描写的政治小说。小说刻画了一个令人感到窒息和恐怖的，以追逐权力为最终目标的假想的极权主义社会，以对领袖的个人崇拜和对国内外敌人的仇恨维持社会的运转。小时主人公温斯顿是第一个敢于用写日记的方式表达自己真实想法的人物，尽管这个社会里有像新语的语言控制，有思想警察，老大哥的极权主义统治的思想奴役，以及其他对人类情感及天性的极端限制，小说主人公仍不断进行反抗。论文主要介绍《1984》的作者，故事梗概以及对这部小说的不同观点，用后殖民主义理论探讨温斯顿人性的破灭与维持。通过深入研究小说作者的写作意图，可以得出小说不仅揭示了极权主义对人性的破坏，而且表现出作者对人性禁锢实质的彻底批判与思考。此外，作者想要通过描写小说主人公温斯顿对母爱、爱情以及对生活的追求，唤醒读者对生活的热爱。关键词：极权主义；人性的破灭；人性的维持1.Introduction1.1IntroductionoftheAuthorGeorgeOrwell,theauthorofthenovel1984,isafamousEnglishreporter,novelist,proserandcritic.Hewasbornin1903inIndia,thecolonyofEngland,anddiedofthepulmonarydiseasethatpersecutedhimformanyyearsin1950.Althoughhislifetimewasveryshort,heobservedandrecordedhistimethroughtheacuteinsightandsharpwritingstyleinhiswork.Whenhewasachild,hewitnessedtheharshandpungentconflictsbetweenthecolonistsandthenatives.QuitedifferentfrommostoftheEnglishchildren,OrwellhasshownmorepityforthemiserableIndians.Hereceivededucationatthewell-knownEtonCollegewhenhewasyoung.LaterhewassentintoMyanmarasapolice,herehestoodonthesideofthehardlabors.Indeed,OrwellhadexperiencedthepersecutionandthefightoftheSovietCommunistPartyagainstalienforceintheSpanishcivilwarin1930s.Theseexperiencesgreatlyshakenhisfaithinsocialismandprofoundlyinfluencedhisliterarycreation.Ononehand,thecruelactsofthefascistsduringtheSecondWorldWarmadeherealizethepotentialcrueltyofhumansocietyandtheirdesireforpower.Ontheotherhand,duringtheyearwhenhewasengagedintheBBCnewsreport,themanipulationofpublicopinionbytheBritishgovernmentmadehimsoberlyseethehugeharmbroughtbythegovernment’scontroloverthemassmedia,namely"limitingpeople'sthoughts,makingtheculturedevalue".Indeed,allofhislifeexperiencesareembodiedexplicitl...
