Totalitarianism In 1984

In the book 1984, Orwell vividly describes a society driven by a totalitarian government that thrives on controlling what everyone does, think, or say. The main character, Winston Smith, undergoes the loss of his distinct character as he is created in the Party's image in anticipation of him not only obeying, but loving Big Brother. As discussed in class this novel was written not only for entertainment or pleasure but as a warning sign to others. Throughout the novel Orwell discussed many things that made him believe that the problems in 1984 will still exist in today’s society. Although there were numerous issues discussed I consider the most relevant were the discussions about Big Brother, War, and Newspeak.

In the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, a totalitarian government known as “the Party” and headed by the symbolic “Big Brother” is in command of the country of Oceania. This government demands complete and absolute control of the minds of its citizens. Reality is whatever the Party says it is in Oceania. Big Brother has complete control of the media and also claims to be above even the laws of mathematics and physics. There is an extraordinarily strong and influential relationship between media control and perception of reality both in the novel and in the real world.

During Joseph Stalin’s regime of the Soviet Union, 1984, the Classic Dystopian novel by George Orwell, was burned and banned, because the book shone a negative light on communism. The book, 1984, follows the life of Winston Smith, who lives in a country called Oceania. Oceania is a totalitarian society, ruled by a government known as The Party, whose leader is called Big Brother. In Oceania, every movement and sound every person makes is constantly surveillanced, and one wrong facial expression, statement, or action can cause the ‘Thought Police’ to take the person away to never be seen again. A small percentage of the population questions The Party’s dictatorship, and the novel follows Winston’s struggles to keep his hatred of The Party

The Party seeks to control everything- the past, present, and future. By manipulating every source of information, and modifying content of all historical records, the Party accurately displays propaganda to the citizens. Like our society, Orwell warns us of government becoming too powerful and taking civilians privacy away. Overall, Orwell is heeding a warning of a society in which government controls peoples acts and

The juxtaposition of Big Brother in George Orwell’s 1984 with our present day government and social media presence in the United States demonstrates the imminent danger of imposing figures who control both the actions and thoughts of its citizens. Throughout the novel, the narrator depicts Big Brother as a controlling force that takes technology and surveillance of the citizens of Oceania too far. Similarly, in today’s society, we are constantly bombarded with new technology by the government and social media that demands and records our actions as well as our inner thoughts. As Winston navigates his dangerous and dilapidated world, one can uncover parallels between his relationship with Big Brother and our relationship with the government

In George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, Winston, a rebel who lives in a dystopic society challenges the totalities regime of Big Brother. The all-knowing Big Brother controls everything in Oceania. Anybody who despised the Party will be punished, arrested or abused, until their heart desired Big Brother. In this novel, it is unknown whether Big Brother is fictitious or an actual human being. Nevertheless, he symbolizes fear, hate, and pessimism to the people of Oceania.

Winston Smith is a typical example of vertebrae in the spine of any society. Hard working and keeps a rigid structure by absorbing impact, filling the spaces with his unknown desires. The bending of laws to avoid self-destruction in constant pressure from society and government. The idea of having every thought controlled, monitored and limited to what the elite deem as a necessary compromise to maintain peace and order in Oceania or any other Utopia in a general sense. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of their own choosing, to understand the concept is the true hell for Winston.

Imagine a world where the government, also called The Party, controls everything the citizens do. The Party monitors their every move by the telescreens that are in every home. Thoughtcrime is the act of thinking something that goes against Big Brother or threatens the Party’s power. If one does commit thoughtcrime, then they Thought Police will capture them and give them consequence. There is no essence of humanity in this world. Everyone is stripped of their own thoughts and told what to do and what to believe. This is the world portrayed in novel

Antonio Vesselinov Daniel DeWolf Composition 101 4/27/15 Net Neutrality: Containing Censorship In George Orwell’s novel “1984,” in a futuristic society the main character Winston Smith has a prominent job of rewriting history for the outer party. What he does for his job is rewrite the history of the past, to form with the views of the present. In the novel everyone has TV screens with a cameras in them.

Before the concept of government existed mankind still attempted to gain dominance over one another. Once the concept was developed governments remained consistent in their attempts to gain control of their people and world domination. Adolf Hitler and other dictators were prime examples of totalitarianism “attempting to control every aspect of its subjects, viewing any sign of independence as treasonous centralized party” ( Quinn 1). Along came “historical catastrophes which would lead them to create a false utopia vision of the just society” (Quinn 2). George Orwell noticed this tug of war for control and wrote about it in his novel. The novel’s protagonist, Winston Smith, would struggle to retain his

With a dictatorship many freedoms that humanity may possess now would not be in our grasp. In 1984 they there were little to none. “Crimethink” or “thoughtcrime” are our unlawful thoughts, essentially any ideas that could go against English Socialism, “ingsoc.” Big Brother appears on Oceania’s televisions multiple times a day to show the brainwashing-esque messages, people vanish to unpersons, vaporized out of thin air, and the clock strikes thirteen. The main character, Winston Smith, leads the story and shows the audience how extreme this absolute totalitarian control affects the people of Oceania. Newspeak and doublethink, politically correct words created by Big Brother, also

As one of the first novels to be written as a dystopian tale, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four questions what life would be like if the government had complete control over what it’s citizens feel, consume, act, and think. During the course of the entire novel, one of the biggest themes that Orwell attempts to make his readers aware of, is that of censorship. Throughout the book, Big Brother has limited and prohibited all sorts of media, including books, news, and gossip. Along with the lack of media, Big Brother and the government also alter facts about history in order to put themselves above all. Propaganda is also scattered across the town of these novel, act as a warning to all of the citizens, reminding them that “[w]ar is peace.

Several times throughout 1984, Orwell emphasizes the dangers of the government having total control of the media. The

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