ipl-logo

1984 Totalitarian Government Analysis

2107 Words9 Pages

A Totalitarian Government Controls Everything According to dictionary.com, totalitarian is defined as of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinions and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life. Do to the control and power that the government put out over the people, many people think that it is impossible to ever overthrow a totalitarian government. People are scared, uneducated and brainwashed to a point where they just believe was ever is said and do not even try to rebel. In the novel 1984 written by George Orwell, the totalitarian government is incapable of being overthrown because it controls all aspects of life; specifically through the use of propaganda, the television, …show more content…

In the ministry of Love people who don't conform are tortured to a point that almost that dying would be less painful. Winston nevered agreed with the government of Oceania, and has joined an the Brotherhood society which is lead by O’Brien. When O’Brien splits Winston and Julia up, they are both taken to the Ministry of Love. Winston goes through some extreme torture to the point that he would almost rather die. “Yet even the hardest totalitarianism seeks to control language and truth; for ultimately, it seeks to control all reality, unto the few human souls it does not destroy” (Nelson 25). O’Brien knows that Winston would rather die then believe what the government wants him to believe. The one thing that O'brien tries to get Winston to believe is that two plus two equals five and when he when he holds up four fingers he tells him five. By the government torturing Winston into beleive something that isn’t true and even Winston knows it's false. This is showing the rest of society to just believe what the government tells them because the beating and abuse of the Ministry of Love is very harsh. Do to the government scarring the people of society through the abuse and torture in the Ministry of Love helps the totalitarian government keep their power over the

Show More
Related

  • Human Nature In Nineteen Eighty-Four And The Handmaid's Tale

    1031 Words  | 5 Pages

    Throughout the novel, Winston constantly references the fact that ‘Today there were fear, hatred and pain’ and that in this society of Ingsoc ‘No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred’ and this is displayed in many, various ways. An example of this is when Winston writes about when he went to see a film stating that the ‘Audience were much amused by shots of a great huge fat man trying to swim away with a helicopter after him’ and that ‘there was a wonderful shot of a child’s arm going up up up right up into the air…and there was a lot of applause from the party seats’. This displays the extent to which

    Read More

  • 1984 Dialectical Journal Analysis

    965 Words  | 4 Pages

    Yash Patel Mrs. Choi AP Literature October 2015 1984 Dialectal Journals for Part 2 Text Response 1. “In front of him was an enemy who was trying to kill him; in front of him, also was a human creature… He had indistinctively started forward to help her,” (Orwell 106) This quote shows that even in this time where they live in a life where they are being manipulated, Winston is still living in a time where he is experiencing hatred, but still maintains what keeps him normal or humane, which keeps him separated from everyone else. This hate is showing that people still have hate for each other and still want to kill each other but it also shows the true human he is by helping her when she was threatened.

    Read More

  • 1984 'By Tim O' Brien: Chapter Analysis

    349 Words  | 2 Pages

    O’Brien tells Winston that he is an operative of the Ministry of Love. In chapter two, Winston’s crime was the refusal of letting the Party have control of his memory and past. O’Brien tortures him until, he agrees to accept that O’Brien is holding up five fingers, even though its four.

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of 1984 By George Orwell

    498 Words  | 2 Pages

    Winston’s vivid description of the brutality of the Ministry of Love is a microcosm of the greater cruelty that Big Brother has done to him and many others living in Oceania. However, though all of these acts are inhumane and unjust, Winston is still willing to go through them as long as his love for Julia remains. Through the imagery of the government’s heartless doings, it further develops Winston’s adoration for Julia by showing the lengths he is willing to go through to be human and have feelings for Julia, something that many in Oceania are not able to

    Read More

  • Examples Of Figurative Language In 1984 By George Orwell

    922 Words  | 4 Pages

    Winston is forced to undergo tortuous procedures and brainwashing. While incarcerated, Winston has terrible nightmares about rats, in which O’Brien uses to his advantage. Winston is forced to have a cage of rats strapped to his head and eventually these rats eat Winston’s face. After receiving such tremendous amounts of torture, Winston pleads with O’Brien to torture Julia instead of himself. This utter lack of hope and feeling of helplessness is what O’Brien desired from Winston the entire time.

    Read More

  • Manipulation In 1984

    674 Words  | 3 Pages

    In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the overbearing government of Oceania, Big Brother, controls and monitors everything its citizens sees, hears, and believes. In order to gain absolute loyalty from its citizens, Big Brother has control over every aspect of their lives, prohibiting them from using their own minds and causing them to fully depend on Big Brother. Through the use of manipulation and fear, Big Brother and the Party are able to decide what is real and what is not real. Big Brother believes that in order to gain absolute loyalty from its citizens, it must control everything, from the spread of information to media.

    Read More

  • 1984 Dialectical Journal

    1109 Words  | 5 Pages

    Winston dared not disobey. As the two men left, locking him in the cell once again, he couldn't help but wonder what could be going on. His hopes were higher than they had been in so long, and he imagined a massive crowd, pushing their way into the Ministry of Love, ready to overthrow the Party and release everyone from the misery of its reign. He could only smile as he thought these happy thoughts. It was then he finally noted that not even the telescreen was yelling at him to sit up straight or to wipe the smile off his face.

    Read More

  • Examples Of Thoughtcrime In 1984

    458 Words  | 2 Pages

    After breaking Winston down through mental and physical torture, Winston started agreeing and believing with certain lies, thus giving in to ‘willing

    Read More

  • 1984 George Orwell 1984 Analysis

    968 Words  | 4 Pages

    Fahad Alrebdi Mr. John Smallwood ENG4U September 6, 2014 Julia and Winston In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell presents the protagonist, Winston Smith and his lover Julia in Oceania, under the rule of Big Brother. Under this totalitarian regime, both characters are Party members. Winston works in the Records department of the Ministry of Truth while Julia works in the Fiction department of the Ministry of Truth.

    Read More

  • Government Manipulation In George Orwell's 1984

    870 Words  | 4 Pages

    Government Manipulation in 1984 People generally rely on the government as a source of protection and stability. However, the government does not always have the citizens’ best interests in mind, as shown in 1984. The government has the power to distort realities and the ability to detect the truth. They can manipulate, or influence people’s minds without them even knowing. George Orwell’s 1984 uses a futuristic dystopia to show how the government is able to manipulate human values through the use of fear.

    Read More

  • George Orwell's Hero Analysis

    924 Words  | 4 Pages

    This also shows how willing Winston is to sacrifice himself for love, as it can end in both of them getting caught. In addition to this, one of the first times that Winston talks about Julia, he begins to feel the rebellion. “Thus, at one moment Winston’s hatred was not turned against Goldstein at all, but, on the contrary, against Big Brother, the Party, and the Thought Police” (Orwell, 14). Publicly revolting in Oceania is extremely dangerous since there is too many telescreens watching over him. “All that they did was to keep alive in him the belief, or hope, that others besides himself were enemies of the Party” (Orwell, 17).

    Read More

  • George Orwell Use Of Propaganda In The Novel 1984

    1052 Words  | 5 Pages

    Imagine being followed everywhere by a government agent. They’re watching your every move, and they’ll report you if you even make a wrong facial movement. This is essentially the case in George Orwell’s novel, 1984. Run by an English socialist government called the Party, the people’s every move is watched through telescreens. Citizens are not individual, but rather an extension of the Party.

    Read More

  • 1984 Totalitarianism

    884 Words  | 4 Pages

    In 1984, George Orwell depicts a dystopian society pervaded by government control and the obsolescence of human emotion and society. Winston is forced to confront the reality of a totalitarian rule where the residents of Oceania are manipulated to ensure absolute government control and servitude of the people. The theme of totalitarianism and dystopia is employed in 1984 to grant absolute power to the government and ensure the deference of the people through the proliferation of propaganda, the repudiation of privacy and freedom, and the eradication of human thought and values. The repudiation of privacy and independent thought and the ubiquity of government surveillance is employed to secure absolute power to the government over the populace

    Read More

  • Satire In George Orwell's 1984

    513 Words  | 3 Pages

    During Winston’s interrogation and torture, O’Brien often reminds Winston that the power to end the suffering rests in Winston’s hands. O’Brien explicitly tells Winston “It will not last forever. You can escape from it whenever you choose. Everything depends on yourself” (Orwell 273). Clearly, O’Brien does not wish this suffering upon Winston, showing that O’Brien has apparent compassion and lacks malevolent thoughts towards Winston.

    Read More

  • Totalitarianism In George Orwell's 1984 And The Real World

    1784 Words  | 8 Pages

    Totalitarianism in 1984 and the Real World The concept of a totalitarian society is a major theme throughout the novel 1984. This theme of totalitarianism can also be applied to the world today. The definition of totalitarianism, a concept used by some political scientists, is a state which holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible. Totalitarianism can be related between the novel 1984 and current events in the real world. George Orwell incorporated the theme of totalitarianism into his novel 1984 to display the ever changing world around him during the time it was written.

    Read More

More about 1984 Totalitarian Government Analysis

Open Document