The Major Themes Of Totalitarianism In 1984 By George Orwell

Fear, worry, and anguish were major themes of World War Two. During those years, 1939 to 1945, Totalitarianism was running amuck and many people wondered when, if not, if these years would ever end. In the book 1984 by George Orwell takes the aftermath of WW2, times in which he lived through, in the year 1949 and essentially gathers those feelings and aspects of society, for example nationalism, and puts them in a novel form . The book takes place in a future dystopia located around England, called Oceania. In this novel, the author writes about a character named Winston Smith who is a middle class citizen whose actions, like all others, are monitored by the government. Winston, society, the government, and many other parts of life written

He writes in a diary about his feelings and frustrations with oppression, although it is illegal. Winston’s name can be compared to Winston Churchill from WW2. Winston Churchill was the leader of Great Britain of WW2 and both of these people have similar views and aspirations. The reader and people Great Britain can relate to both of these men since both Winston and Churchill were both people who took extraordinary efforts in unlikely circumstances. For instance, Winston was a person who was fighting “against the will of Hitler,” and a person who is “described as the "savior of his country." (http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ch-Co/Churchill-Winston.html) Winston Churchill wanted to bring peace and freedom, whereas Winston Smith wanted to gain his own personal freedom. Therefore, the author believed that the inspiration of the main character was Winston Churchill because he wanted to take an end to totalitarianism or at least be a major cause in fighting it. Even Winston 's occupation in Oceania can be compared to this time

The role of the organization is to lead an uninformed or misinformed populace, which can be used to confuse, deceive, and direct the people easily by controlling powers through news and information. Keeping the people confused about who is at war with whom and what is the reality of things causes them to become involved in nothing and, therefore, no threat to the power structure.With this, it can be compared to Soviet Russia’s leader, Joseph Stalin and how he, for example, “built a cult of personality around himself in the Soviet Union. Cities were renamed in his honor. Soviet history books were rewritten to give him a more prominent role in the revolution and mythologize other aspects of his life.” ( http://www.history.com/topics/joseph-stalin) Simlarly, whatever the government of oceania wants to put out to their people, they do this though the Mistry of truth. Orwell included this aspect to show that more organizations like this can come through a large, overbearing government and rewrite history itself. Not only does the organization that Orwell take inspiration, but also the higher officials who run the Ministry of