Examples Of Totalitarianism In 1984 By George Orwell

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The novel “1984” by George Orwell gets categorized as dystopian because of the attempt to create a ‘perfect’ society through lying and manipulation. A dystopia, as defined by Oxford Dictionaries is, “an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.” Oceania falls into this category because it’s totalitarian to an extreme, this illustrated through the manipulation of the mind and force used to enforce laws. Possibly the most clever and effective means of control by the totalitarian government is Newspeak. Newspeak is designed to limit free-thoughts, promote uniform, and controlled thinking. This manipulates the mind by rendering it unable to even communicate in negative

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