Ingsoc's Use Of Propaganda In The Book 1984 By George Orwell

Your movements and your voices are recorded; your actions will decide your life. In George Orwell’s dystopia called Oceania you will see different ways how our society is alike to his society. During our daily lives we are being monitored by the National Security Agency (NAS). Our technology, propaganda, and who we are with will always be watched. We, the people, are in charge if the world we know today will change for better or for

The political party of Oceania is INGSOC, which is also known as English Socialism. The government monitors the lives of the citizens through technological means to insure loyalty through surveillance,

The main version of this surveillance is through the telescreen that is stationed in every room constantly watching the people. There is always propaganda across the screen supporting Big Brother and the endeavors of Ingsoc. The telescreen combined with the thought police is the ultimate tool for destroying individual thought, "The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself-anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide" (Orwell). This non-stop flow of information stimulates everyone to join in with the demands of Big Brother even when they do not want to. Even the telescreens and Thought Police are not enough because the people are faced with the omnipresent signs reading "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU," that are constantly scrutinizing them.

1984 was wrote by George Orwell, in the story he created a hypothetical world 40 years from then. In this alternate future three authoritarian states have taken over the entirety of the world. These governments erase history that does not agree with their policies. Ingsoc, the government of oceania that country where the story takes place, used advance survival as all public and private areas had TVs which contained cameras; microphones were also used to keep tab on the citizens. George Orwell used the story to warn about the potential dangers of a large centralized governments, in this instance to warn about the dangers of communism. Because of the satirical purpose which Orwell had in writing 1984, the characters in the book tend favor a shadowy or two-dimensional

"War is Peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." 1984 is a novel used as a warning to show what would happen to citizens if governments gained too much power. The Party uses different techniques to control every facet of life of the its citizens, or slaves. The citizens are much too afraid to revolt against the tyrannical government, because of the constant eye of the Party. The telescreens are used by the Party to instill fear into the citizens of Oceania.

Telescreens: A wall mounted electronic device that doubles as a television and a surveillance camera, used to monitor the citizens of 1984. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, these telescreens play the most critical part in keeping Oceania’s citizens under control. With telescreens, it’s almost impossible to have any freedom. People are constantly being watched, the slightest act of rebellion can be easily caught, restricting people from being able to truly express themselves. Other techniques the party use may contribute to the control of its citizens, but nothing keeps everybody’s back straight quite like the telescreens of Oceania. Due to the unbelievable amount of telescreens there is no privacy what so ever. Without privacy, no one can think of rebellion, much less act upon those thoughts. Because of this, it is clear that telescreens are the most affective method the party can use to keep the citizens of Oceania under its control.

Oceania, according to the book is isolated from the rest of the countries in the world. There is no such thing as “international” news to the people living in Oceania. They are only allowed to do what Big Brother tells them. They have telescreens that are practically surveillance cameras that watch the people all the time. They are constantly being watched because the party (Big Brother) wants to stay in control. Like O’Brien, Hitler sends the Jews to concentration camps to hide the truth from them. The truth was that the whole world did like and appreciate the Jewish community. This is similar to 1984 because Big Brother doesn’t let it’s people to get informed of anything. Instead they are bowing down to Big Brother thinking he is the top “God”. In fact, not just in the book 1984, isolation is also demonstrated in William Shakespeare's famous book, Romeo and Juliet. The theme of isolation occurs when Juliet fails to get empowerment over making her own decisions. That’s what led Juliet to her downfall including her death. All these three examples have something in common. That similarity would be that the people in Oceania like the Jewish and Juliet can’t make their own decisions. Though in comparison, all their cities continued with their lives after the aftermath of all these three

Oceania from the book “1984”and the United States of America have uncanny similarities. In today’s world technology is used to invade our privacy all of the time. From smart phones to GPS to Xbox Kinect, we are consistently being watched.

The constant watch over the citizens is accomplished with the use of telescreens, microphones, children, and the Thought Police. If anyone is found to be taking actions or thoughts against the ideas the Party puts in place, he or she will be punished. The Thought Police keeps note of people’s thoughts, though there is “no way of knowing whether [an individual is] being watched at any given moment” (3). If a thought comes up that is frowned upon the individual with that thought could be vaporized, imprisoned, tortured, or killed. Today, there should be no fear over whether the government is keeping track of peoples’ personal information as it is assumed there is some privacy from the government. In reality, every person is subject to similar surveillance as those in Oceania, whether it is by the government, family members, friends, or strangers. The government has surveillance cameras set up around the country, criminals are going through trash, and hackers are breaking into computers, trying to steal people's’ identities. It is impossible for any kind of individualism to flourish if an individual or object is always watching or listening, but surveillance is inevitable, both in Oceania’s society in 1984 and in our society today, whether citizens

Telescreens are on all the time so that the people never know when the thought police is watching them. While it is on there is a constant stream of propaganda being thrown at the people to keep them from having their own thoughts. The point of the propaganda is to keep the common people and even party members from thinking independently about anything other than what the Party wants them to think about. It removes their independent thought and forces everyone into a sameness. Therefor they lose the control they have over their minds.

This just shows that the people are being watched every second of everyday. They truly have no freedom. “Who controls the past, ran the party slogan, controls the future, who controls the present controls the past” (Orwell,1949, pg37). This quote serves as more evidence that the government of Oceania controls every little thing that goes on in this dystopia. Nothing goes on that they do not know about.

The book 1984 depicts a society unimaginable to most; however, a further look shows us that we actually do live in an Orwellian society. Orwell describes a country called Oceania made of multiple continents which is ruled by the dictatorial “Big Brother” who uses different systems like the “thought police” and “telescreens” in order to have full control over the country. Our democratic government, through organizations such as the NSA and NGI, can look through our most private conversations and moments using spyware. Due to the secrecy of the government, citizens in 1984, as well as those in our society, fear the government.

As human beings, there are distinct characteristics that separate us from feral animals; the ability to create, to appreciate art, to curiously question the world and most importantly to sympathize for our kind. However, when that exact nature is stripped from us, we tend to become mindless, restricted, cold, and degraded as an entire race. This is the setting of George Orwell’s last book, 1984. A world where human thought is limited, war and poverty lie on every street corner, and one cannot trust nobody or nothing. It is all due to the one reigning political entity, the Ingsoc Party, who imposes complete power over all aspects of life for all citizens. There is no creative or intellectual thought, no art, culture or history, and no

What if every move made or action taken was watched on a screen? In the story 1984 written by George Orwell has a theme given by the over aching government. The conflict of this novel comes from the oppression and controlling ways of the government. The protagonist of this story named Winston had troubles wrapping his head around their conniving ways, and yet though illegal had a quite complicated yet interesting relationship with a lady named Julia. Not that everyone else disagreed with Winston, but most of the people who live in his society have been brainwashed through the use of propaganda. One symbol that deemed surprising was the fact that Winston did have his own opinion in life and used this as way to protrude it. If a woman would have

This state of constant surveillance demands complete conformity among the population. In Oceania, there are no laws, but non-conformity is punished by death. The thought police are an omnipresent force of the government, weeding out non-conformists and making them disappear on a regular basis. Even a slight inflection in the voice or a look of the eye can be construed as thoughtcrime. Propaganda, terror, and technology are the tools of the state, used to coerce and control the thoughts and actions of the populace. Reality is denied on a regular basis if it is non-consistent with party doctrine. The main character of the novel, Winston Smith, said that "freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2=4."(Orwell,69)In fact, if the party said that 2+2=5, the population would believe this to be truth. History is actually rewritten on a daily basis so as to appear consistent with party doctrine. The enemy of today becomes the enemy of yesterday, poverty becomes progress, war becomes peace, and slavery becomes freedom. This concept of denying reality in the face of obvious contradiction is known as doublespeak. It is central to the philosophy of Ingsoc, and is the greatest tool of the government's mind-control agenda.