1984 Dystopia

With the power hungry Party and the most acknowledged face of Big Brother watching and monitoring everybody, the story of “1984” by George Orwell expresses the utmost control over their people and have the absolute power with their country Oceania. The Party believes that Big Brother will live on forever, because of the constant removal of those who are unfaithful and the rewriting of history. However, with the example of the main character showing disobedience against the Party, there is a chance for this type of ruling to fail and be destroyed by the people. The main possible cause of the fall of Big Brother is most likely the underestimation of the power of the people.

Big Brother is the controlling dictator of Oceania, which is the totalitarian state that the Party bows total power to. Every citizen, is under persistent surveillance by the authorities, the Thought Police. The citizens are mainly being monitored by tele-screens. These screens operate both as televisions and security cameras. Tele-screens are located in every room that belongs to a Party member as well as public locations. People in Oceania are constantly reminded that “Big Brother is watching you.” Big Brother is described as a figure that will never die because he is the representation of the Party and is said to live as long as the Party lives.

It is definitely possible for an exceedingly powerful government to control the minds of its citizens using several tools and strategies. In the case of the Party, Big Brother uses media control, surveillance, and torture to exercise total control over the citizens of Oceania. With media control, the Party is able to rewrite history and alter the past to be in accordance with its own agenda and needs. O’Brien tells Winston, “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past...We, the Party, control all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?” (248). In addition to changing history records, the Party also utilizes constant surveillance using telescreens to monitor its citizens and maintain control over them. Winston explains, “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very

The juxtaposition of Big Brother in George Orwell’s 1984 with our present day government and social media presence in the United States demonstrates the imminent danger of imposing figures who control both the actions and thoughts of its citizens. Throughout the novel, the narrator depicts Big Brother as a controlling force that takes technology and surveillance of the citizens of Oceania too far. Similarly, in today’s society, we are constantly bombarded with new technology by the government and social media that demands and records our actions as well as our inner thoughts. As Winston navigates his dangerous and dilapidated world, one can uncover parallels between his relationship with Big Brother and our relationship with the government

VII). Almost everything about the past is forgotten, rewritten, and the fact that the citizens of Oceania live in fear, this allows society to accept every piece of false information that is given to them as the truth in the eyes of Big Brother. With this new concept of Newspeak, Big Brother is able to control society’s thoughts through a language. By creating Newspeak, the Party made it impossible to conceive rebellious or disobedient thoughts, because no words would exist that would allow them to express these thoughts. As the Party is constantly updating Newspeak, which is the new version of their English, Big Brother is getting closer to their ultimate goal. The ultimate goal for Big Brother is that no one will be capable of committing thought crime or even better will question the Party's supreme power. "All ambiguities and shades of meaning had been purged out of them. It was quite impossible to use the vocabulary for literary purposes or for political or philosophical discussion" (Book II Ch. III). By creating Newspeak, the Party is able to eliminate free thought, and is able to control the minds of the citizens by using language as mind control. "... the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of free thought" (Book I, Ch. V). Big Brother also has the Thought Police for monitoring all thought.

In the book The Party has all of the power over its people. They make sure that everyone loves big brother and does not think for themselves. All of this is done to make sure that they stay in power. You would think that the reason that they would want to do this is to govern the people so there is no more chaos and anarchy. As this passage suggests, it is quite the opposite. The reason for gain power is for power alone. They are not interested in helping anyone, the party wants to stay in power as a person wants to stay alive. It is survival of the fittest and keeping power forever will make people “immortal.” Immortal in the sense that Big Brother will never die since it is just a make believe person that people can focus on. As long as

What role does big brother play in the novel and what effect does he have on Winston?

The Party is the most potent force of tyranny or simply control in the novel, as special members of the Party, called the Thought Police, can watch any citizen, moreover they can tune into their thoughts to root out insurgency via vaporization.

In this novel the power is in the hands of Big brother, who is represented by the Party. The party has control over all the citizens as it uses many forms of manipulation to conform individuals into obeying them, thus making the party (who represent big brother) more powerful. The strength and position that they are in allows them to use their role to make others believe in what they believe. For example, psychological control, the party has put giant tele-screens in every home that displays propaganda that makes the failures of the part seem like successes. There are many posters, and signs everywhere that say big brother is always watching, that continuously remind citizens who is in charge.

Close this book now before it’s too late. If you read this book, the party will manipulate you with modernized technology. They will dictate you with contradicting statements. They will challenge with proud conviction to conform to their society. You will never find a place, a sanctuary that won’t be undetectable by the party. Big Brother will continue to hear you; see you. You will never escape him, for he is always watching.

Control made the thought police feel power, “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past,” (35) this saying is an elite factor as to how the thought police controls the people. By contradicting records and wrongly developing the past, Big Brother is eternally looked at as a brilliant, heavenly beam of light. Nonetheless this is an astounding fabrication, and Winston is living in a world of destruction. The thought police’s way of handling rebellious people is to make them dissolve away, and consequently, to abolish them from existence completely, “People simply disappeared, always during the night.

In Nineteen Eighty – Four, power is represented by the totalitarian rule of Big Brother. Through the use of the ‘Thought Police’ Big brother attempts to control the thoughts and actions of the Oceania, stealing their power and freedom. The Party aims to eradicate any type of free will. Any violation of laws result in serious punishment, as they would have committed a ‘thought crime’ .

In 1984, the novel by George Orwell, a story of a totalitarian government was created in order to send a warning to all nations post World War II. In this novel the government is set up in a hierarchical system. Atop this hierarchy is Big Brother, which is a symbol for the ruling government power. Directly below Big Brother is the Inner Party. The Inner Party is the ruling Party in Oceania; those in the Inner Party are responsible for the campaigns for Big Brother and the Party’s regime. Below the Inner Party is the Outer Party. The Outer Party does most of the white collar jobs, such as rewrite history as Big Brother finds necessary, creates the ad campaigns and write books as Big Brother decides them to be written. The Proles are at the

In Orwell’s novel, Big Brother represents the face of the Party. Although it is unclear on whether or not Big Brother truly exists, the citizens

The novel 1984 is a futuristic totalitarian society where everyone is kept under close surveillance and is forced to follow all rules and laws of the state. The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell and published in 1950. The main characters were Big Brother, Winston Smith, Julia, O’Brien, Syme and Emmanuel Goldstein. Winston Smith is a low man on the totem pole when it came to the ruling Party in London, Oceania. His every move is watched by the Party through devices called telescreens. Posted everywhere around the city is the face of their leader, “Big Brother” informing them that he is always watching. He works in the “Ministry of Truth” which is ironic seeing that they alter history to fit the liking of the Party. As this book continues Winston challenged the laws and skirts around the fact that he is always being watched. His shocking and rebellious act is “falling in love.” Throughout this novel George Orwell utilizes symbolism to further enhance the totalitarian features of the society. In many ways these symbols represent the things that this society hasn’t experienced and doesn’t understand.