Inside North Korea Essay

Watching National Geographic’s Inside North Korea one can notice many similarities between the documentary and George Orwell’s book 1984. The documentary showed the rule of the Kim Dynasty over North Korea and the book showed the rule of the Party over Oceania. The parallels between the book and documentary show the true effects a totalitarian government on its citizens.

In the documentary, National Geographic’s Inside North Korea, national geographic followed photographs who traveled in North Korea. North Korea only allows a few photographers in their country that must follow extremely strict rules and they must always be with their interpreter. At the time national geographic was filming this documentary North Korea allowed nearly half a

Both the documentary and the book have totalitarian governments, which control the citizens every move. In North Korea, the government only allows its most loyal citizens to live in the capital city and in every room there is a picture of their leader. In 1984, every citizen lives in assigned housing throughout the country with telescreens in every room, promoting the party’s message. In addition, both totalitarian lifestyles have one main person in which the citizens admire. In the documentary, the citizens admire Kim Jong Un who is the leader of the North Korea and the leader of the Kim Dynasty. In 1984, the citizens admire Big Brother who is the face the party in Oceania. Big Brother spreads all the messages of the party through the telescreens and hate week. In 1984, the party controls the information that the public sees and change written records of history to ensure there are always right. In North Korea, the government controls all the media, which is closely controlled by the government and only promotes positive views of the government. The striking similarities between National Geographic’s Inside North Korea and George Orwell’s 1984 show the harmful effects of totalitarian