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    1984 Dystopian Society

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    The book 1984 was written by George Orwell in 1948, the main theme of this book is social science fiction. A underlying theme is this book is a dystopian future: the social, economical, and political problems are issues that are lied about, prove this. When looking at the social aspect of life in 1984 all social groups are treated very different yet at the same time are all treated the same. In 1984 there is a very obvious hierarchal system; the top is The Inner Party, than The Outer Part, and

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    In 1984 by George Orwell, Winston Smith lives in a communist society, known as Ingsoc, where the totalitarian government oversees each aspect of human life. This regime, known as The Party, procures its power from shattering the relationships that hold individuals together. From the beginning, children are instructed to eavesdrop on their parents and expose them as enemies of the state for exhibiting the slightest of unorthodoxy. Moreover, loyalty towards the state supersedes even the trust between

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    Eighty-Four, by George Orwell, the government of Oceania implements Newspeak as a way to control the public's language and thoughts. To support my argument, I will first examine why Ingsoc would regulate this part of life in Oceania, and what benefits this action offers to the party. For the second section, I will examine how Ingsoc subtly destroys social interactions with language limitation. Then, in the subsequent section I will be addressing how the government of Oceania effectively rewrites history

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    constantly under surveillance by Ingsoc. Ingsoc is Oceania's government. Also the widespread use of propaganda is quite evident in this book. Surveillance and propaganda are used to control, watch, and influence the peoples of Oceania. Ingsoc uses surveillance to watch and listen to every person living in Oceania. One quote makes this very evident and the quote is: "Big Brother is watching you." Big brother is watching you means just what it sounds like. Ingsoc the government knows what each person

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    George Orwell’s novel “1984”is based on the dictatorship of the government called INGSOC. The novel takes place in 1984 where it starts off with Winston starting to think about rebelling against INSOC. The problem is that everyone has been taught to love “Big Brother”, the dictator of INGSOC, for a long period of time, so no one really has the idea of overthrowing the Party. But eventually he finds Julia a young woman that somewhat has the same idea as his. They both want to gain freedom from the

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    religions around the world. In George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Party in power, Ingsoc, ironically presents a forced religion praising themselves and Big Brother while they also enforce a secular society. With Big Brother being the centre of the “religion,” the Party forces the society to carry on their rituals and traditions

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    The names of the government system are INGSOC or The Party. The totalitarian dictatorship, INGSOC, maintains and abuses power through the Thought Police, newspeak, and technology. The Thought Police are members of The Party who “watched everybody all the time” to see if they are acting against The Party (Orwell 3). Thought crimes include thinking an anti-Party thought, writing in a journal, and physically acting against The Party. Thought Police help INGSOC maintain power because anyone who goes

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    1984 George Orwell 1984

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    known as “The Party”, control its citizens both physically and psychologically. The Party controls Oceania in many different ways, but one of the methods play a large role in maintenance of government’s power. The Party’s best method of control is Ingsoc. The Party controls Oceania. They have created a society where everyone is conscious of being watched in their day to day lives by “telescreens”, technology, which allows The Party to spy on your actions and statements. Making sure no one makes an

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    dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the leadership of the controlling party, Ingsoc, claims to be ameliorating the lives of all people living under its “benevolence.” However, the degree to which each individual benefits from Ingsoc’s largesse, varies depending upon a person’s status within Oceania. For example, the simple prole, short for proletariat, resides at the bottom of Oceania’s social heap and is the largest Ingsoc group. In the middle strata, are the educated workers called the Party comrades

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    words accessible to its citizens. The entire purpose of Newspeak, is to eliminate the ability for the population to have rebellious thoughts, by means of limiting language. Since Ingsoc leadership believes it is a crime to merely think thoughts counter to its principles, by controlling words permitted to be used, Ingsoc believes it can eliminate the transgression of thoughtcrime. The character Syme says to Winston Smith, “Don’t you see the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?

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