Insane In 1984

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All forms of privacy and security have been stripped away, for insane reasons that only make sense to insane people. In fact, you have no control of what you want, or what you need, whatsoever. These insane people have one motive and that is full control over everyone, and when that is not reached they will go to extreme tempts to make it possible. “Our society is being run by insane people for insane objectives, I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I am liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's so insane about it.” (Lennon). Which is a similar message being conveyed in 1984, a dystopian novel written by George Orwell. Orwell finds ways to hint what the government is doing to make this perfectly …show more content…

The truth that reveals, that they are the actual bad guys. Their best tries of controlling this society is by using what they are accessible to at the moment, the government police, indoctrination, propaganda and censorship to control the everyday lives of these poor citizens, driving a perfectly sane society, into a corrupt civilization that is praising maniacs, the future of this society.
Dictators of totalitarian states use police terror and violence to force obedience and to crush opposition. Normally, government police are supposed to protect the citizens, but when the power of command is given into someone who will abuse this power, and bring it to such an insane point, it adds up to what the dreaded utopia is shown in novels like 1984. Explaining how thought police where one of the many techniques used by the insane government, that would use psychological methods and omnipresent surveillance (such as telescreens) to search, find, monitor and arrest members of society who could potentially, challenge the government's authority. "The thought police would get him just the same. He had committed--would have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper--the essential crime that contained all others in …show more content…

Control of education is absolutely essential to glorify the leader and his policies and to convince all the citizens that their unconditional loyalty and support are required. Indoctrination begins with very young children, is encouraged by youth groups, and is strongly enforced by school. Illustrating the same image as what occurs in The Children’s Story, a short story written by James Clavell, describing indoctrination at it’s finest. Many points in the story led up to what the new teacher was hammering into the minds of the minors. “But we don't need a sign to remind us that we love our country, do we? You're all good boys and girls. Do you need a sign to remind you?” (Clavell 6). A few words of praise and doubt were all it took to enter the mind’s of the children, before they began questioning their need for a flag, to remind them of their love of the country. “I wish I could have a piece of it. If it's so important, I think we should all have a piece of it. Don't you?” (Clavell 6). The new teacher is carefully introducing the idea of indoctrination to the children, she’s making them think in the same sick twisted ways, that the insane government officials think each and everyday. “If you like, children, as a very special surprise, you can all have this sort of uniform. Then you won't have to worry about what you have to wear to school

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