The Use Of Propaganda In George Orwell's '1984'

The fictional novel, 1984 by George Orwell is about a world run by a totalitarian government, called the Party, which takes away all the freedoms of its citizens by watching over them with high surveillance technology. In addition, the Party uses dishonesty and betrayal to expose people’s true feelings of Oceania, the country where the story takes place. Betrayal is seen throughout society in Oceania through government manipulation and actions made by Winston, Julia and O’Brien, the main characters. Winston’s true self-betrayal comes when he realizes his new passionate love for Big Brother, the leader of the Party and Oceania. The Party fears a rebellion against them, as a result they use different methods to eliminate trust between

1984 was primarily written to bring light to the dehumanization a totalitarian government may provoke. There were many cases in this novel where the citizens of Oceania were exploited to promote the Party’s own agenda. Propaganda being one of these exploitations, the man with the mustachioed face, also known as Big Brother. The people of Oceania may see this and think of the name Big Brother, a family member, someone who will protect and care for their family’s wellbeing. Yet the posters read “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” a scary thought indeed. The Party is manipulating its people

In “1984”, lies, myths and false information controls the thinking of the citizens. The Party uses propaganda as the deadliest weapon of control. Propaganda increases the citizens’ morale and makes them think that what the party tells them to do is always right.

Propaganda was a big contributor to the chaos and destruction among citizens of 1984. “Two Minutes of Hate” is one of the methods used in the novel. It is a program that broadcasts on television screens where Goldstein, the main rebellious man against the Party, is seen as a despicable figure of the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is a resistance group against Big Brother. The program claims that “all subsequent crimes against the Party, all treacheries, acts of sabotage, heresies, and deviations, sprang directly out of his teaching.” (Orwell). This translates to all of these acts are not in the standards of the dystopian society in Oceania. Some citizens believe that Big Brother is good and bad at the same time. Which bring us to another type of propaganda; Double-think.

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.

A popular theme addressed throughout the novel 1984, by George Orwell, is the diversion of the people. The government constantly uses propaganda and brainwashing to trick the people into paying attention to unimportant matters rather then observing the corruption of the government. The citizens focus on what the government wants them to see and are oblivious to how the government has abused its power. Today the people are so distracted by constant news and media outlets that we are blinded from the reality of governmental control. As Orwell predicted in his novel 1984, the government has begun to use media to divert the attention of the people away from the horrible reality of state control.

George Orwell wrote 1984 to display how one’s perception of a utopian world can quickly become dystopian with the addition of too much government intervention. This section of the novel was written following World War 2 to warn readers about the future of the country and how to prevent the events that took place in the novel to never occur in real life. Because the world was left scarred by the results of WW2, Orwell wanted to make sure that countries didn’t fall under a dictatorship or oppressive government in which the basic human right of privacy would be diminished. Based off my historical knowledge on WW2, I know that Hitler used propaganda within his campaigns to promise the people of Germany a way out of the depression that they were

George Orwell’s novel 1984 is a dystopian novel because it exhibits many characteristics of a dystopian society. One of these characteristics that is shown is the control of citizens through propaganda, which is shown consistently throughout 1984. An example of one of these many times is in the very beginning of the book when Winston first walks through the doors of the Victory Mansions it is stated “... the three slogans of the Party: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” (Orwell 4). This example shows the slogans are very prominent in the lives of Oceania’s citizens considering that they were presented so early and so often in the book. Another characteristic that is shown in the book is that the citizens are assumed to

When a society is controlled under a totalitarian government, people will lose their individuality and freedom. George Orwell’s novel 1984 demonstrates a man named Winston who works for the Ministry of Truth is feeling oppressed by the Party and started a journal to catalog his rebellious thoughts towards the Party, and as Julia a woman from work approaches him they started a secret love affair and discussed about their opinions of the Party and soon they are captured by the Thought police. Similarly, James McTeigue’s directed movie “V for Vendetta” illustrates a man called V who try to use propaganda to protest against their fascist government and he shares his stories with a girl called Evey who later helps him destroy the corrupt government

My group and I created a propaganda iMovie set in a dystopian Germany that drew on themes explored in the book 1984 by George Orwell. We used language in our script that we thought would evoke strong feelings of nationalism, reflect the subversion of the individual, and also incite a sense of anger, fear and paranoia. These were all propaganda techniques used by the fictional government described in Orwell’s 1984. They are techniques that have been used successfully by actual authoritarian leaders in the past including Hitler and Stalin and are still being used today by leaders like Kim Jong Un in North Korea. Our iMovie opens with a state-sponsored broadcaster spouting propaganda to the people of Germany on the eve of “National Day.”

Propaganda is considered a significant element to the Party's control in 1984. For my own poster, I used a specific scheme to depict the characteristics of a dystopia. The images chosen document a form of satire on how the Party enforces a rule of oppression amongst the people of Oceania. Specifically, the symbol of peace is tied to the conventional saying, "war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength". Emphasis created by the quotation provides meaning to the books recurring theme of contradiction which is enforced upon the citizens beliefs of society’s implication on right and wrong. The symbol of Ingsoc also appears to the audience as a reminder of the Party’s control. Visual appeal of the Party’s s symbol draws the audience

1984 is a novel by George Orwell. It is written about a dystopian “future.” It involves a lot of oppression. The government is run by the Inner Party. Big Brother symbolizes the Party itself.

The party controlled the information that the Oceanians were exposed to. By controlling every source of information, and rewriting all newspapers and histories, the memories of citizens became unreliable. This resulted in Oceanians believing what the party had to say. By controlling the present, the party had a way of manipulating the past to their benefit. The party doesn’t allow records of the past to be seen by anyone, therefore Oceanians have no choice but to believe the authority figure of Oceania; which is The Party and Big Brother. “If the party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that even, it never happened ¬¬¬-– that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death?” (37) They slowly changed the way people thought. By manipulating so many perspectives on the lives of Oceanians, it made it extremely difficult or even conceivable to not love Big Brother.

Propaganda is information that is biased and used to control people, influencing others point of view on a certain concept. In George Orwell’s book 1984, the main character’s name is Winston Smith, who is a party member. In this society, there are normal crimes like we see today; however, there are other crimes that are called thought crimes and the society has two different police forces, one that is a normal police and the other called the Thought Police. A child is considered a spy, which creates anxiety and fear in the adult because they could turn the adult in to the Thought Police, if a thought crime is committed. If caught through a thought crime or any crime, in the public’s eye the person is said to be vaporized, meaning that they are wiped from existence. Winston throughout the book, commits different actions of rebellion to show that he detests the government. As the book goes forward, Winston becomes more rebellious due to meeting someone and ends up getting arrested. In 1984 by George Orwell, the book uses a lot of propaganda and other techniques in order to manipulate the people, which propaganda is proven to be a very important motif of the book.