George Orwell 1984 Propaganda Analysis

The ability to watch your every move, expression, and sound strikes fear in one’s heart. However, almost all citizens are brainwashed to believe that in their current situation, they are indeed free. “Who controls the past', ran the party slogan, 'controls the future who controls the present controls the past” (Orwell 37) is a perfect quote to describe how controlling The Party can be; it just shows that everything the citizens think is controlled by The Party, referring to altering history and changing how they think. Another quote that shows how controlling The Party is; “Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? We shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” (Winston 55) The meaning here is that, with a new language; Newspeak, you can restrict ideas instead of broadening them. When a language is less expressive, it is easier to control minds. As for the modern era, we lack the existence of giant telescreens used by Big Brother to manipulate and get into people’s heads and control them (an example of that is showing altered fake history and showing propaganda). Although just like The Party uses slogans like “WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” (Orwell 6) today’s media isn’t all that different when it comes to choosing what to show us, and sending subliminal messages. Anyone can be manipulated by the government into believing what they want you to believe. In this novel, Orwell felt it was the sad truth of

“BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”(Orwell 2), is a saying that surrounds society in the classic novel 1984. The author, George Orwell provides his audience with an abundant amount of themes throughout his writing. One very prominent one is Orwell’s psychological manipulation of his characters. As characters within this society are constantly surrounded by sayings such as, “WAR IS PEACE”, “FREEDOM IS SLAVERY”, and “IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH”(Orwell 4), Orwell shows the ultimate type of control within his characters. Orwell is able to achieve such psychological manipulation in his characters through physical control and the abundance of technology. Without Orwell’s use of telescreens, his characters would be able to have their

Similar to how telescreens work in 1984, our society has personal information analyzed and recorded by the government. Data collection is a turning more to privacy taken away from citizens. If people are constantly being under surveillance, people start to lose their individuality because people transform into automatons. On (1.5.65) Winston says, "It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away." This quote explains the significance of privacy, as even the smallest things in society matter. Orwell is foreshadowing the increasingly tighter surveillance on citizens and that affects society today because our society today is becoming more similar to the one portrayed in

Julia is first shown as a sexless figure since she is a member of the Anti-Sex League. When Winston first sees Julia, he does not know her name. He only knows that she works in the Fiction Department. Winston “disliked nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones. It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy” (10). This demonstrates that at the beginning of the novel, he does not like Julia. He thinks that she is dangerous, and wants to get him in trouble. He thinks that she is a member of the thought police and that she will turn him in. This proves the assumptions of men and how Winston just assumes that Julia is dangerous. According to Meia, a writer for Medium, “Winston started out hating Julia simply because he wanted to have sex with her. In knowing, or assuming, that that would never happen, Winston finds himself cheated out of something that he feels he ought to have” (Meia). Winston does not like Julia because he feels like she will get him in trouble, but he has an attraction toward her. With her Anti-sex League sash, he thinks that she will follow the rules of the Party. He feels like if he would have sex with the young and beautiful Julia without getting caught, then that would be the ultimate rebel and they will defeat Big Brother. Winston thinks that all women in Oceania are all complete followers of the Party and will not disobey the laws. However, Julia's appearance deceives Winston, and he finds out that she is unorthodox and has the same intention as he

Surveillance is the most common and obvious method of control in 1984. The use of telescreens is one of the ways by which Big Brother watches the Party members 24-7. “Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so

16. In the final analysis, how accurate was Orwell in his vision of the future? In what ways does our contemporary society compare to his idea of society in 1984? Are there examples in which he was correct? What is most contrary? Do you see a potential for aspects of Orwell’s “vision” to come true?

Orwell uses Julia to express the theme of loyalty. The Party thrives and lives on through the loyalty of its citizens. But, there are a few citizens who are not loyal to the Party, Julia being one of them. Instead, her loyalty is directed to Winston. When being interrogated by O'Brien on how willing Winston and Julia would be to fight against the Party, Julia agrees to give her life and harm innocent people to serve the Brotherhood. But when O’Brien asks them, “You are prepared, the two of you, to separate and never see one another again?” (Orwell 153), Julia adamantly says “no”. This shows how Julia will do anything, except for giving up Winston, which shows her loyalty for Winston and Winston only.

The novel 1984 is a dystopic novel, because the government uses propaganda and subliminal messages to control citizens. Oceania's government is constantly manipulating citizens to hate rebellion daily in the two minutes hate, " As usual, the face of Emmanuel Goldstein (Orwell 14)", appears on the telescreens. The parties main goal for the two minutes hate is to make citizens hate rebellion, since Emmmanuel rebelled against the government, and by making "him the enemy of the people (Orwell 14)", the Party is also making people hate Emmanuel the party is also making people hate the idea of rebellion. The party also uses subliminal messages to control the citizens of oceania, with the creation of Newspeak which makes it "literally unthinkable (Orwell 327)" to go against the party using words, because they have eliminated all words that allow people to challenge the party. This is a way of controlling

Big Brother is watching you. This simple phrase revolves around the citizens of Oceania’s lives every day. They live in a world where they do not have their own beliefs. The government controls everything, including what they do, what they think, even how they speak. At a young age, the population is taught how to act according to the government’s wishes. They live their lives working according to what the government wants. Winston, the main character, works in the Ministry of Truth, where he alters the past. All possible love and loyalty is towards the Party. The government of Oceania manipulates and molds the minds of its citizens as to how they wish them to be. Throughout the novel, 1984 by George Orwell, the author and the society of Oceania constantly tries to and succeeds in creating and maintaining the members of society’s devotion towards becoming and being a perfect Party member.

The telescreen is a prominent symbol throughout the novel 1984. It is a requirement in every residents home and it is mandatory that it always stays on. The telescreen represents control, a lack of control, invasion of privacy, prevention of independent thought, caution and abuse of technology.

The novel 1984 by George Orwell depicts a dystopian society that is lead by Big Brother. The citizens of the society, named Oceania, are constantly being watched and threatened by the Inner Party members. No one is allowed to speak out, or even have thoughts against the Party’s ideas and slogans. Many of the slogans, however, are paradoxes that contain proof of the Party not being there to help the citizens. Among these, is the saying, “who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” The statement is a clear example of how the Inner Party uses propaganda to control the Outer Party and ensure complete loyalty to Big Brother.

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength” (Orwell). This mantra was burned into the minds of the citizens of Oceania, or future London, where Winston Smith, the protagonist, lives. The citizens of Oceania are constantly being bombarded with propaganda in favor of Big Brother and the Party, who leads and governs them, which brings the majority of them into complete submission. In the book, 1984, George Orwell shows how technology is used by the Party to monitor, brainwash, and provoke fear in the people of Oceania in order to control them.

In 1984, by George Orwell violence contributed to the plot by having three stages of reintegration. The stages are to learn, understand, and to accept, Winston was forced to learn that 2+2=5 under torture, understanding that the party is good, and seeks power for its own. Winston accepts and understands the Party and Big Brother as soon as Winston wishes the burden of torture on someone else who he loves, and to learn that Big Brother is eternal and that 2+2=5, Winston then is committed and loyal to the Party and its understands purpose, as he awaits his execution to prove his devotion to the party.

George Orwell’s 1984 shows how simple it is for a government to control their citizens. This book suggests that war or the idea of war can control citizens and keep the Party in control by maintaining the social classes, promoting patriotism, and keeping the citizens ignorant of what is going on around them. This matters because the Party can get the entirety of Oceania to believe what they say even if it is a lie, which demonstrates how simple it is for a government to control its citizens through words and propaganda.

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.