1984 Government Essay

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Government in 1984 The government and media control our lives. Freedom is a privilege that is acquired, you never know how much of it you have until you lose it. George Orwell describes the controlling government and the lives of people in it in his novel 1984. In George Orwell’s 1984, he shows how protecting the government is through propaganda, manipulation, and stereotypes put on the people. (Need more in intro) Propaganda is important in this novel. One way the government controls the people’s lives is how they are made to believe something that they might not necessarily believe in. The people of Oceania are supposed to love Big Brother. However, they are also supposed to hate Emmanuel Goldstein. “The Hate had started. As usual, the face of Emmanuel Goldstein, the Enemy of the People, had flashed onto the screen” (Orwell 26). This quote is about the two minutes hate. The two minutes hate was to unite the people into one room. This showed their hatred toward Emmanuel Goldstein, and their love and loyalty towards Big Brother. (More textual evidence) …show more content…

Not only is the Two Minutes Hate propaganda, but it is also a way that the government uses to manipulate the people. “The dark haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out “Swine! Swine!” and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen” (Orwell 29). This shows that the Two Minutes Hate took over the minds of the people and made them think that they had to hate Goldstein and be loud and riot at the Two Minutes Hate. Although it is obvious that the government wants order, they also want to see the people get mad and angry to know that they are still loyal to the party. (More textual

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