Brainwashing In 1984

Brainwashing is the best way to lead a successful society. At least in the novel, 1984. The Party, which was the government in 1984 was the main force that controlled the people. Not only did the society in 1984 promote brainwashing, but so did the U.S. 1984 is like today’s society in the way the U.S. government implements surveillance and censorship in order to brainwash people

There once was a warm caring leader. In fact, he possessed the traits of a guardian and a protector. This majestic figure was known as Big Brother, the leader of the Party in 1984. Big Brother had one motto in order for a successful society, war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. (Orwell,26) This makes people think otherwise of his title. Instead

He gained his power and role by simply the Party brainwashing the people. The Party does this in two ways. The first is by Two Minutes Hate. Two Minutes Hate was a ritual where the people in Oceania would watch people who opposed Big Brother. The whole goal was to unite the public with a common enemy, so they don’t go against the Party. The ritual always ended with Big Brother and that was to show the people there was still hope. The second way the Party brainwashes the people is by propaganda. It’s almost impossible for a pedestrian to walk down the streets of their society without seeing a poster in bold that says, “Big Brother is Watching You.” It was described as, “one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move.”They use this propaganda in order to scare the people and to prevent them from doing any crime. What is crazy is that this scare tactic actually works when people don’t even know Big Brother or if he even exists. In today's society, there is the U.S. government and inside of that, our Big Brother the president. The U.S. government brainwashes Americans all the time, especially in presidential campaigns. Throughout presidential

In 1984 there is a strong recognized force called the Thought Police. The Thought Police is a group of people selected by the government and their goal is to find anyone that has committed a crime towards the party. The scary thing is, “there was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment (Orwell,5).” These crimes include speaking out against the party, not participating in activities, or thinking badly about the activities. The Thought Police monitor thoughts by spying in on people when they are asleep and see if they sleep talk, spectate if those are hesitant during Two Minutes Hate and are not screaming at the screen, or if they see you lacking patriotism. Winston says, “A day never passed when spies and saboteurs acting under his directions were not unmasked by the Thought Police (Orwell,17-18).” Winston was explaining how the Thought Police were. Those who do the following have done what are known as Thoughtcrimes. Committing a Thoughtcrime results in intense punishments. In America we don’t have the Thought Police, but we have the CIA. They are just like the Thought Police because the CIA is a secret agency that spies on people in order to protect the government. The CIA is broken down into a few sectors one in which happen to be public affairs. Just like the Thought Police, the CIA works in watching over people of other countries or even