The Use Of Manipulation In 1984 By George Orwell

Towards the end of Orwell’s novel that presents a dystopian society, the antagonist, O’Brien, a close member of the inner party, warns Winston, the protagonist and one of only two reasonable people left, that “We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them” (319). Winston, who has been taken prisoner for his political dissent, receives this grave warning tied down to a chair with O’Brien’s face staring at him from above. This alarming solution to the infamous mystery frightens Winston a significant amount, who after sacrificing so much, has just learned his fate. Orwell has brought about this fate to emphasize the perpetual triumph of the party over its enemies. In George Orwell's 1984, the author creates the totalitarian state of Oceania to warn the reader of the potential corruption and oppression of such a government.

Imagine living in a world with three totalitarian powers that have absolute control over its people. In this world, two of the powers are always at war while the other is an ally. Suddenly, both powers become allies and fight against the other power. As a result, the citizens in both factions are oblivious that the war had even happened between the two. This is because both factions have instantly altered the past so absolutely no evidence is able to prove a war between them had ever happened. Sadly, this is practiced in Oceania everyday to its newspapers, pictures, movies, and other forms of media. The altering or destruction of the past is the main cause to their rule over its people. It has caused them to come to power and stay in power

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.

Though Orwell does not experience totalitarian rule himself, he is completely aware of the abuse of power. In Burma, he recognized that the citizens were extremely censored and could be punished by torture or prison if they disobeyed. Similarly, in 1984, the citizens of Oceania were monitored by the thought police and anyone that did not follow all of the laws would disappear. Moreover, while Orwell fought in the Spanish Civil War, it was clear to him that the Soviet forces did not care about their soldiers well being, both physically and emotionally. Likewise, in 1984, Oceania has always been at war, which suggests that many casualties of men often occur, and all the countries, including Oceania, know that no one could ever win a war. In fact,

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.

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

There are some aspects that I think are most important to the book that connects to our everyday lives. Power is the controlling of someone’s actions by the government. Freedom is being able to do what you want, how you want to do it. Privacy is having the ability to not have someone look through your stuff without someone asking. These aspects connected more with the world because people are going through difficulties with these things. Orwell’s 1984 is relevant in the year 2016 because The United States government and the Oceania government are similar in their use of freedom, restricted power, and privacy for the citizens.

The Communist Party is considered as a bad government. The Party which Big Brother, a head figure, leader is even worse than Communism. One of the huge differences between the two parties is the idea of torturing the people. A kind of brutal torture, not physical torture, but psychological torture and causing people live in crisis. Through psychological manipulation, the Party is able to make everything it lies become the truth that it desires. When psychological is instability, thinking about a regime overthrown is almost not possible. In 1984 by George Orwell, the Inner Party manipulates the population through torture since birth. The lives of the people are being deprived of freedoms, became a docile slave, serving an anonymous inhuman

Bleak, blanched city. Grey buildings, colourless people. Perpetual solemnity. A world where the mere utterance of a word—or the thinking of a single thought—can result in death. London, Oceania. 1984. In the eponymous novel by George Orwell, Winston Smith, a citizen of this dystopia, struggles to find a way out of the mental prison imposed upon the country by the Party. From being directly under its thumb to an anti-government revolutionary, he explores the nature of the Party’s control and what makes it so effective—and how he can escape it. Aware that the very words he speaks could give away his intentions, he explores the idea that language, and how the Party controls it, is what gives them their power. Fighting to expand his understanding of the Party’s reasons, Winston entangles himself in its deepest secrets and as a result, is discovered and subsequently tortured and “corrected”. Monitoring and scrutinizing every thought in the minds of Oceanians, trying to reduce the possibility of thought-crime by changing the language they speak, and ultimately attempting to change the course of history, the Party gives a warning to anyone who may meddle where they don’t belong—“Ignorance is Strength”—but Winston did poor to heed their advice.

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

The manipulation of the mind is often seen as an invasion of privacy, going against one’s natural rights as a human being. From another mindset, psychological control can be seen as the greatest weapon known to man today, allowing complete domination over a nation or mass of people. Despite laws and regulations meant to prevent an extreme abuse of power, the invasion of one’s mind is a common strategy used by governments throughout history and literature to create a sense of supremacy in their respective societies. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the Party bases their leadership around controlling the minds of the people and altering their thoughts. Like the leaders in 1984, Adolf Hitler used similar tactics to gain followers, persuading the people to believe every word he spoke in Nazi Germany. Domination over what the public hears and sees were the main factors in his rise to power. In both 1984 and Nazi Germany, psychological manipulation is a powerful force used to aid in the government's control over the people, using propaganda, pressure, and fear to alter the thoughts of individuals.

In Orwell’s 1984, he displays psychological manipulation through Oceania’s government which it uses to control its citizens. This includes the use of propaganda, control of content, and ethnocentrism. The Party’s methods of control relates to real life events repeated in history such as the Nazi Regime from 1933 to 1945 headed by Adolf Hitler and common patterns in cultural history.

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.

Hopelessness, deep and gaping ever lasting hopelessness. If the course of humanity fails to change, to this everyone will succumb. That is the message that George Orwell has left for the future, and it would be in humanity's best interest to heed. Winston Smith of 1984 lived in a world that had been consumed by the everlasting abyss of injustice. Eventually this world became too much for our hopeful protagonist and thus, like the future that is bound to a horrific fate, he succumbed. “It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it” (Orwell 248). No one in this world is any different than Winston, they will follow his path like all of those before them, following the five stages of Kübler-Ross. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance make up the cycle that every feeble life will follow and that Winston grew to know all too well.

The United States’ government holds more power than one may think, consisting of surveillance cameras and tracking devices contributing to such menacing power. George Orwell’s novel 1984 exemplifies as to what would happen if a government did become too strong. Although today’s government is not yet to the point of Big Brother’s ruling, it is possible for it to become a comparable dystopia if said surveillance is not controlled.