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Human beings need to interact freely in order to satisfy their most basic cognitive needs. The need to know is what separates human society from all other organisms. In Orwell's 1984, the Party, through its excessive control over every element of human interaction, restricts the citizen's capacity to know thus preventing the existence of 'society' as we know it. When the party takes away the social element of human life, the gap that is left behind is filled with the type of propaganda that is designed to ensure that gap is never noticed. The ultimate goal here is not only to withhold information from the citizens, but to ensure that they never feel the absence of the withheld. In layman's terms, the ultimate objective of the party is to take away the citizen's desire to know – and by extension, their desire to be human. What better way to create a community of automatons? Complete control over the thoughts and actions of human beings can be achieved by a government through the extraction of human nature from the citizens. Orwell conveys this through his use of: language manipulation and distortion, theme of sexual suppression, and propaganda.

The use of language manipulation throughout the novel serves the purpose of not only limiting free speech, but also enforcing the power of language as a political tool. When people think, they think in words. Without words, concrete meanings would not exist. By controlling the mental vocabulary of the citizens, the Party can diminish the individual's capacity to think critically. The essence of this notion is captured by the author when he makes the assertion that when the party is through with its mission, “the whole climate of thought will be different. In fact, there will be no thought...

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Through many literary elements Orwell has depicted a tyrannical state that is second to none in the extent of its power. Orwell's 1984 not only provides the possibility of a society lacking human nature, but shows the reader the real dangers of such a society. By distorting language, suppressing sex, and using propaganda, Orwell has illustrated that the suppression of thought, instinct, and habit by a government are possible, and iterates the detriments behind them. By creating a scenario that has proven to be possible, Orwell, in summation, has proven that: Complete control over the thoughts and actions of human beings can be achieved by a government through the extraction of human nature from the citizens; achieved through the use of language manipulation and distortion, the suppression of sexual desire, and a constant imposition of fear on the citizens.