1984, Are We There Yet?

In 1984 the journey of one individual, Winston Smith is narrated. His life characterizes the recklessness and deprivation of totalitarian... ... middle of paper ... ...ctive polices in place but don't want those actions used against them. What government has done is manipulated this fear, while 1984 helps those who welcomed over intrusive surveillance question this as another form of government manipulation to bolster government power over its citizens. Ultimately, common ideas found in the novel 1984, totalitarianism, surveillance, and lack of privacy are also ubiquitous in modern society and government. Big Brother and modern day government have been able to control its citizens through surveillance equipment, and fear all for a little more power.

However, he repeatedly observed such rebellions lapse and d... ... middle of paper ... ...ver from. The latter of the two outcomes in this situation is what we are presented in 1984. In this situation, in which the totalitarian dystopia survives, the individuals in charge, the Party, cannot deny the lure of authority and become power hungry. Orwell means to warn us that a flawless totalitarianism government will always lead to the exploitation of the general public, economic disaster, and unchecked power to punish, control, and declare war upon anyone or anything. Works Cited 1.

The idea of a society where there is no freedom and the people have no rights, can be described through the warning foresights of a dystopia. In the novel, 1984, a country has lost all liberties to their government and war is commonly used as a political tool, as our government has done in the past. As our country continues down the path to becoming the dystopia described by George Orwell, it is seen that war is used as a political tool to help the government’s own agenda. By using wars to control the social views of the people, the products and wealth of the country, and the opinions of politicians and government officials, the governments of the United States and the country of Oceania can promote their own ideologies on others. As a reference for comparison, the military state of Oceania controls the Outer Party, wealth, and Inner Party through the use of war.

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel, the government blocks almost all forms of self-expression in order to assert its authority over the people. Those within the society who show signs of defiance against the set rules, even those who act unwillingly, are seen as a threat to the success of the regime are wiped from existence. In Orwell’s 1984, the government uses different forms of propaganda and brainwashing to achieve complete control of society for their own personal benefit. The government in 1984 uses different forms of distraction to prevent the feeling of rebellion caused by the unjust form of governing. In the book supposedly written by Goldstein, it states, “In one combination or another, these three superstates are permanently at

Why do people automatically believe that their government can be trusted? Many believe that their government is the best because it’s built on morality honesty, virtue, freedom, and equality. But, what if our government is actually making us believe these things by hiding the truth and manipulating the facts so that the citizens that love their country so dearly will continue to do so to the point that they will give up their lives to do it. George Orwell warned against this type of government in his novel 1984. He predicted the future and what it would look like.

1984 is a scathing critism of present, past, and future societies. In particular it alludes to totalitarianism as found in both the left wing communist and right wing fascist communist governments that arose between the two World War’s and the post war periods throughout. The portrayal of Big Brother and his party is much so relatable to images to the Soviet Union under the leadership of a communist dictator. The society created in Orwell’s novel 1984, is a society totally controlled by the Party which strips the individual of all freedom, Orwell is warning us not to give up individual rights to a totalitarian lead society. All words, facial expressions, activities, and thoughts are closely monitored by Big Brother through telescreens and Thought Police.

We think this is crazy and could never happen, but George Orwell illustrates, throughout his novel 1984, the possible dangers of complete government control. Even though this exaggerated society seems farfetched, many of his fictional governmental qualities are starting to line up with our government today. Throughout the novel the totalitarian government, called Big Brother, is constantly attacking the people psychologically. One of the first things that strikes protagonist Winston Smith is a poster in the street, reading “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell 5). From the very beginning of the book, the government is already shoving fear down on top of the citizens of Oceana.

Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We and George Orwell’s 1984 demonstrate totalitarianism in fictional countries. Totalitarianism is a system of government that is centralized, dictatorial, and requires complete subservience to the state. A totalitarian government manipulates human consciousness by the use of propaganda that implanted dogma, that is living with the results of the Benefactor’s perspectives and Big Brothers’ theories respectively as incontrovertibly true. This overall idea of mind control over the people evinces the millennial generation which believed that will take over the world. In point of fact, people nowadays have been technologically orchestrated by those contemporary theories used by mass media.

The dynamic, god-like character, Harrison Bergeron, is able to break free from his handicaps, but in the end is killed by an executive within the US Government. The authors of these novels and stories, George Orwell specifically, display their distaste for totalitarianism through the fictional governments that they create, the ways in which they depict these governments to be the villains, and their characters’ desire for a better life. In 1984, George Orwell created a complex, fascistic government with a hunger for power and control, and this type of governing is shown in other li... ... middle of paper ... ...rial governments were commonplace, and while they are fewer in number, these regimes still exist and are still jeopardizing human rights. Orwell’s novels are symbological of themes in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 1984 and the society or government in it show the dangers of inhibited advancing of technology or the halting of human progress.

1984 was published in 19... ... middle of paper ... ...ng thought really drives home Orwell’s point that if we allow totalitarianism it will overwhelm anyone and drive out any concept of free will. This world Orwell creates casts light on the psychological manipulation in totalitarian societies that leads to so many other infringements of human nature such as the ability to think for oneself and form your own opinions. This novel does not apply to today’s geopolitical state, however at the time of its original publication it was a great weapon in the fight against Communism. Works Cited Karolides, Nicholas J. Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds.