Analysis Of George Orwell 's 1984 And Ray Bradburry 's Farenheit 451

The people controlling the present control everything and can ultimately change the past and, therefore; the future. Big brother controls the present. The slogan is an example of the Party's technique of using false history to deteriorate the psychological independence of its people.

By manipulating history and giving no opportunity for inquiry the government dehumanizes the people even more by destroying free thought. The Party knows that memories will lead to questions, and then to critical thought. So it implements Doublethink and Newspeak as tools to negate the urge to question the legitimacy of the Party’s history. “The Party tacitly acknowledges the limitation of its control of the material and by implication the circulation of stories and memories by the implementation of both Doublethink and Newspeak. Doublethink can only be thought of as an imperfect system of thought control most at

Ray Bradbury wrote his novel, Fahrenheit 451, during the Cold War. Although he initially wanted to warn people about the danger that technology can greatly affect a society and community for the worst, Bradbury 's novel was interpreted as commentary for censorship at the time he was writing the novel. His use of many examples of reality was thought to emphasize this point. Even so, the main character of the novel is an example of a drastic dynamic character. A dynamic character usually undergoes a transformation in relation to events of the plot. Ray Bradbury’s dynamic character in Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, undergoes a transformation throughout the novel that is influenced by his interactions with other characters and his feelings of separation from society as he explores himself through reflection in books.

The other key way in which the Party maintains the society is through control of the past. The Party holds the slogan "Who control the past control the future; who controls the present controls the past."(204), which means that if the citizens of the Party have no previous events to base feelings on, they will never oppose the Party because they have never known anything else. The Party even keeps members in the dark about recent events by teaching people to hold two contradictory ideas simultaneously as truth. Such an idea is named doublethink. An example of the concept put into action, is the Party vaporizing enemies and convincing citizens that the person who they had just had recent contact with never really existed. This is exactly what happened to Withers as

The three slogans of the party are “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH”, (Orwell, 7). At first glance, these slogans would appear absurd but after further investigation they ironically couldn’t be more true. War is Peace means that while the country is at war the people’s attention is diverted from seeing the corruption of the government. Nobody rebels against the government because they have a bigger issue to handle, the war. Ignorance is strength meaning that the people’s ignorance causes them to not question the Party which is the party’s idea of making the country strong. Freedom is slavery means that if people are given the freedom to do what they wish and show ideas that are not for the party, everybody becomes weak. They are imprisoned by the thoughts they conjure which means they cannot stand up against even one idea from the party.

1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are both novels telling us of a possible scenario for the development of the world with no place for a sense of personal identity. This world is filled with dystopia, decadence, crisis of morality, loneliness. The main characters in both books are men with their own fears, suspicions and temptations. Each of them has a woman who stimulate their conflict of interest. Their professional duties oblige them to support ruling elites and fight against human rights. While Guy Montag, after a conversation with Clarisse, suddenly feels the need for spirituality, and finds its expression in books, Winston is so burdened by the pressure of the system, so constrained that the formula 2 + 2 = 4 becomes a desired but inaccessible dream and a certain symbol of freedom.

A further important contributing factor, highlighting the importance of the party’s use of Big Brother in order to maintain control over society, is the lack of freedom, independence, and individualism of the citizens. The party is shown to destroy any sense of independence and individuality amongst its citizens, illustrated by the fact that they all wear the same blue uniform, eat the same food, and live in

political battle and revisits a time when a party was swallowed by it's leader's goals. These goals were

With psychological manipulation and the use of technology, the Party manipulates the public and controls their mind. “The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible for economic

Introduction - Man over the years has thought of a very simple, yet controversial question, “can man destroy itself?”.

The Party has complete control over documents and history, this allows them to change the past, present or future to make previously said facts more believable or truthful. One of Winston’s jobs in 1984 is to change documents from the past to make facts from the present true or predictions of the future more truthful. For example, during hate week, an announcement was made that the previously given information, that Oceania was at war with Eurasia, was false. Oceania was actually at war with Eastasia and Eurasia was actually an ally. Winston, along with everyone in his workplace, had to make sure that the records were all correct. They all worked non-stop until all of the ‘evidence’ of false history had been thrown out or changed. “... Oceania

The Party looks to control everything – past, present, and future. Its first exertion toward achieving that objective is to control and manipulate each source of information, reworking and altering the content of all historical records and other evidence from the documents for its own particular purpose. The Party disallows its members to keep composed records of their lives, and commands that any photos or reports be wrecked through "memory openings" set all through Oceania. Since memory is inconsistent, after some time, reality gets to be fuzzy, and citizens are soon eager to trust whatever the Party educates them. In this manner, the Party controls the past keeping in mind the end goal to control the present.

The Party has many ways of keeping their power. In their attempts to brainwash the people, they change the records of history so that anything the Party says is valid and correct. The Party is divided

The party uses media, technology, and fear to cause them to forget about the past and to restrain them from fighting for justice. These textual examples show how The Party uses media, technology, and fear

The World Controllers knew that if the citizens acquired the knowledge that the past was a time where there was personal freedom, they would realize the tyranny, inequality, and injustice