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    “Nineteen Eighty-Four” by George Orwell is a dystopian novel that follows the life of the unconventional Winston Smith, in the cruel totalitarian superstate of Oceania. The English Socialist Party’s (INGSOC, government) extensive oligarchical nature is established in the opening scene through symbolism and personification, “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.” ‘Big Brother,’ an embodiment of the leader, evidently abuses power with omnipresent surveillance to

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    The Ideology Of The Party

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    Plot After helping to correct errors in the documents by the Party, due to the result of a change in enemy, during the ninety-hour workweek, Winston was worn out. Winston takes the book, Goldstein’s The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, that he receive from O’brien, into the room over Mr. Charrington’s shop and begins to read. He first read the book alone, however, after Julia came he read the book to her. The book contains the history and ideology of the Party. The Ideology of the

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    “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” wrote George Orwell in his novel 1984, which demonstrates the sheer powers of the totalitarian regime of the Party over the citizens of the superstate of Oceania. One of the pillars of their rule is the control of language through Newspeak, a simplified version of English, which allows them to limit the range of thought and prevent thoughtcrime before it can ever happen. Although these ideas of language control seem dystopian, there

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    Hatered was a big part of the parties. Hitler hated everyone who didn’t fit what he pictured as a “perfect nation”. The perfect nation was everyone with blonde hair and blue eyes and people who belived all the same things he did. The ingsoc party was no different. In ingsoc they had two mintues of hate which is when they show hate towards everyone aganist the party or that was different then the party standarads. In both the book and the time of the Holocaust work force camp was big punishment. In the

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    while Winston was heading home from the proles, they were poor and described as dirty and indignant. This could be showing how little money people get on the city's outskirts due to less allegiance to the party, Such demonstrates that with power INGSOC can

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    George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, examines a society in which the overwhelming domination of Oceania’s leading party of the totalitarian government, Ingsoc, causes its citizens to become automatons—except for one citizen: the protagonist, Winston Smith. Like the masses, Winston is subjected to the regime’s use of constant surveillance, alteration of historical records and memories, psychological and ideological manipulation, and torture. Although Winston is subjected to the regime’s various

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    society is divided into three distinct classes: the proles, who represent the working class proletariat, the Outer Party, which consist of the middle class of Oceania, and the Inner Party, which regulates the Ministries, Thought Police, and forces Ingsoc ideology on all the citizens. The classes are partitioned by the Inner Party in such a manner that members of the lower

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    future perspective of 1980’s Oceania. Several types of people live in this alternate universe including proles, Outer Party, and Inner Party. Winston Smith, the protagonist, works in the media in order to rewrite history using a new language, Newspeak. Ingsoc, the party, uses subtle distinction in order to control the people with Newspeak by limiting vocabulary, which reduces the ability to make decisions, and the poverty of the language is manifested in the city itself. Newspeak is the official language

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    Hitler?s Germany and Stalin?s Russia and to create a warning to the rest of the world. It takes the reader through a year in the life of Winston Smith as he transforms from a rebel to a fanatic of totalitarianism. The political party of Oceania is INGSOC, which is also known as English Socialism. The government monitors the lives of the citizens through technological means to insure loyalty through surveillance,

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    In the book 1984, George Orwell describes the life of a man named Winston who works for the Ever prevalent INGSOC. INGSOC is a society controlling government that is split into three parts. The inner party, the outer party, and the proles. INGSOC is omnipotent and all controlling of every aspect of people's lives. This dictatorial society is horrifying to the minds of americans who have nearly total freedom in their actions and thought. However, with recent changes in government policy on surveillance

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