Control And Power In George Orwell's 1984

One of the major themes is the human desire for power. This is demonstrated throughout history of empires expanding to gain more power. The party in this book is in power so it can stay in power. Another strong theme is the desire for rebellion. The book highlights the fact despite strong control measures undertaken by the party, there will always be rebels. They can't be stopped no matter the monitoring, capturing and thought control you impose upon the remainder of the population. The human desire for rebellion is an instinct too strong to overcome. What is the most effective way to control the population? Fear. The citizens of Oceania is kept in constant fear with wars happening every second of everyday and every year. Citizens are kept in fear about capitalism and the dangers that it will bring. They are kept in fear through public execution and fear of what would happen if they were to step out of line. Big Brother keeps fear in their hearts diminishing the sense of rebellion. Strong and timeless themes are present in 1984 to teach the readers about human desires. It serves as a lesson and a warning of how and why a totalitarianism exists and why you don't want to be part of

Power can be achieved through many different means in order to be successful. Living under the control of a manipulating party is not the ideal way to live. Control that is obtained and not earned will never lead to conditions worth living under. If a party obtains the influence over all states of being, then their power will be quite difficult to destroy for good. People under this supervision can never fully understand what needs to be done to stop the abuse for power for the reason that they have not lived independent lives. This sense of powerful influence is what the Party has over the citizens of Oceania. The Party is able to keep the society in check to its own beliefs through manipulation and the deception of its own citizens. Winston,

In the novel 1984 ever since the beginning of the book propaganda has been used by The Party to have absolute control over its people. The Party used a varieties of techniques to maintain their power. The telescreens, child spies, and the thought police. It is made important that the first job of the Party is to break down self confidence in the people. They focus on destroying peoples confidence in their common sense, ability to make their own decision and intelligence. How they party does this is through what they call double think. This is propaganda suggesting that if the people are having other thoughts then what The Party says it is a crime because it isn’t what the “truth” is.

The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell at the closing of the Second World War, where the political ideologies of the Stalin and Hitler regimes are combined and amplified. The story is set in Airstrip One, a province in the highly impoverished superstate of Oceania which is under the control of a totalitarian government. Oceania is also in perpetual war with three other superstates, and the Party utilizes various methods to retain their absolute control over the entire population. The Party runs under the ideology Ingsoc, a term used by the Party for English Socialism. The story revolves around the life of Outer Party member Winston Smith who unsuccessfully attempts to rebel against the Party and is ultimately erased from existence. By controlling every aspect of a citizen’s life and preventing the formation of political opposition, the Party is able to maintain their superiority. The Party uses three main tactics to remain in power: public manipulation, widespread government surveillance, and the concept of fear.

Can a country survive with nothing except hatred to others? Joseph Stalin attempted to rule Russia under this system. He brought fear to the people by killing people who rejected his rule and anyone who being accuse of dislike Stalin. Under his rule, the people cannot trust others because people can take advantage of accusing someone and make that person disappear by the next day. This system was in use by Nazi as well as INGSOC from 1984. Eventually this system fall after Stalin died and it only took 29 years. However in the book 1984 by George Orwell, INGSOC use their power to control the people of Oceania and create a figurehead as known as Big Brother. Like Stalin, Big Brother use hate and fear to control the people. Here a matter is that Big Brother is nothing, but a

In George Orwell’s 1984 Power is gained most effectively through control, fear and violence. Compared to a government like that of America’s, 1984 creates a more threatening structure of government where the public is limited from freedom and happiness. 1984 shows a world of a society where only the upper class has power and freedom from the harsh treatment that the general population receives. The idea of Big Bother makes the population of Oceania believe they are being watched over by a powerful force and oppresses them so they feel powerless and unable to do anything against a “great” force like Big Brother. The well-being of others depends on their willingness to agree with Big Brother and abide by their laws, if you think otherwise then you will be an accuser of thought-crime will be vaporized and removed from society or harshly punished through rigorous treatment and torture methods as was Winston and Julia. Power creates problems for others in which they do not deserve.

The aim of the Ministry of Love is to wipe out all rebellious thoughts and convince the criminals to willingly surrender to Big Brother. With the tactic of coercing people to give up their natural thoughts in order for them to regard all beliefs of the Party as true, the Party reveals their yearning for complete obedience from everyone. As a result, citizens have to obey the Party and behave in an orthodox manner or their fate would consist of torture. Aside from mentally clearing thoughts that oppose the Party, the Ministry of Love results to physical abuse for ultimate assurance that the Thoughtcriminal has fully converted to an orthodox state of mind. As O’Brien states, “‘...Never again will you be capable of an ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you... You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves.’” (211), it describes how the Ministry of Love destroys all traces of normal human instinct and replaces only it with devotion to Big Brother. By breaking people down and demoralizing them until the only way to live is to admit their love and

Typically everyone acts in a way that will politically benefit themselves whether with power or wealth. The book 1984 George Orwell clearly demonstrates a dictating dystopia that wants nothing less than pure power and will do anything to obtain it. To control someone’s mental state of mind by regulating their emotions and feelings it will allow for more room to concentrate on what they want to fill their minds with. Also if one has control of the past they control the future because you can either make yourself look superior or inferior.

In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, the media is given immense power, which it uses to deceive the public into thinking their world and their government is perfect. The government uses their power to completely control every word that the media prints. The media is set on such a high pedestal that the citizens’ hang on to every word they print. Today’s dependency on the media is not far off from Orwell’s prediction. The media is also heavily influenced by sources other than facts and truth. The modern news industry, similar to that of the Orwell’s novel, is heavily influenced by political and private sects, which results in biased news and counterfactual information.

After capturing Winston Smith for thought crime, O’Brien describes real power as “tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your choosing” (Orwell 266). By this he explains that true power is being able to choose what people minds think. In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, Winston, a Ministry of Truth worker who hates the Party, slowly starts to disobey the Party rules such as having freedom of thought and individuality. He entrusts a Party member, O’Brien, with his secret for the hatred of the Party. O’Brien reveals that he is a high Party leader who will fix Winston’s corrupt mind. Throughout this novel, it demonstrates that government is controlling people’s minds and

George Orwell’s use of corrupted logic in 1984 reveal the amount of control the Party has over the people. In 1984, the Party is primary political party that controls the people's thoughts, actions, and lives. The Party influences how the people will act and how they will feel through Orwell’s story. They give the people a sense of security or fear with the use of telescreens to control the way the act, such as when Winston explains, “The telescreens receive and transmitted simultaneously---You had to live -- did live from habit that became instinct-- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard” (3). This allows the Party to keep watch over its people each day to make sure none of them stepped out of line, always looming over

The novel 1984, by George Orwell, shows the world through a totalitarian government. The main protagonist, Winston Smith, is a party member who works to cover up the Big Brothers propaganda. However, he begins to write in a journal of his hatred for the society he exists in. This is considered an act of treason and is punishable by death for committing a “thought crime.” Winston is aware that he is being watched every day, everywhere, and anywhere. Despite this fact, Winston and a woman named, Julia, both defy Big Brother and begin an affair. This is the world where everyone is against everyone, and those who break the rules are punished severely for their crimes. Big Brother wishes to gain total control of the population by banning or prohibiting

In 1984, the concept of happiness is portrayed as meaningless and that the truth opposes happiness. According to Big Brother and the party, they can only survive by suppressing individual happiness and freedom. People are not allowed to pursue happiness because if they have the freedom they could revolt against the party, and the party wants to control people’s minds and emotions so that they follow Big Brother. Big Brother, though he never appears in the book, he is an extremely important figure. He is perceived as the ruler of Oceania and his image is everywhere, in every telescreen in every room. His image haunts Winston’s life and fills him with hatred. The party controls people through fear. The main character in 1984 is Winston, he

George Orwell’s 1984: “The complex feeling of ignorance” Effects of controlling the past, present, and future … if all records told the same tale--then the lie passed into history and become true. ‘Who controls the past,’ ran the party’s slogan, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ … ‘Reality control’ they called it: in Newspeak ‘doublethink’. (part 1, ch.3, pg.37) 1984 written by George Orwell explores what life would be like in a dystopian world ruled by a totalitarian regime.

George Orwell’s key objective throughout his novel, 1984, was to convey to his readers the imminent threat of the severe danger that totalitarianism could mean for the world. Orwell takes great measures to display the horrifying effects that come along with complete and dominant control that actually comes along with totalitarian government. In Orwell’s novel, personal liberties and individual freedoms that are protected and granted to many Americans today, are taken away and ripped from the citizen’s lives. The government takes away freedom and rights from the people so that the ruling class (which makes up the government), while reign with complete supremacy and possess all power.