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Political Elements Of 1984

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George Orwell’s book, 1984, was and still is an astonishing success. Every year this book rises to the top of the charts than falls back down until the next year comes around. Even though 1984 is a book from 1949, somehow it stays relevant in modern day society. Many people ask the question why and the answer is not as simple as you may think. 1984 has many elements in it that makes it perfect for studying in a school. The book has a big focus on government control as well as politics, uses many writing elements very well, and the book itself is relatively good. One of the most intriguing parts of the book is the politics and policies it depicts. This is because George Orwell’s 1984, depicts a dystopian society which exposes the fears and …show more content…

A third intriguing part of Oceana which relates to Stalin’s Russia was the purges. Stalin had multiple purges to get rid of people who he saw as unloyal. In 1984, Oceana had a great purge which did the same thing. “The great purges involving thousands of people, with public trials of traitors and thought-criminals who made abject confession of their crimes and were afterwards executed, were special show-pieces not occurring oftener than once in a couple of years.” (Orwell). The purges are politically important because they follow the idea of Stalinism, which in short is a harsh form of socialism. Like Stalin’s Russia, Oceana was created with the help of capitalism. Capitalism is what America’s government is formed around. Since Oceana included it is not suprising that this empire started being built by capitalism. Use capitalism qoute (Book1 Chap 8)You can infer from this qoute that capitailism united people against itself while also giving the government lots and lots of wealth. People convinced the poor to overthrow capitalism and create a socialist world. The wealth made from the capitalist government would help keep this socialist power alive. This socialist word started becoming more and more stalinist and tolterianistic. Totalitarianism is brought into this society through stalinism, since stalinism is a form of totalitarianism. In the book you can see many hints leading the society to

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