1984 3
Nineteen Eighty-Four, a novel written by George Orwell in 1949, is a story about a future country where the population have no hope. People are controlled by a fascist government, they are constantly being watched and must conform to the government’s doctrine. They aren't allowed to speak to each other on the street, they aren't allowed to bye anything that isn't necessary. This novel is also a critique of various political systems, such as Italian Fascist, Hitler’s Nazi, and particularly Russian Stalinist. It has lots of symbols representing the situation of the world at that time. Next, I will compare the methods of government and social control used in the story and the ones ...
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In the story, the government put Big Brother pictures everywhere with the saying, "Big Brother is Watching You,” and also the famous propaganda, “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength.” This is done by the Ministries of Truth, a department that deals with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts. They did this sort of thing to raise the reputation of the leaders, and it is also used to warn the citizens that they should not do anything in opposition to the government. Russia, Italy and Germany also had the same kind of social control like 1984. Stalin had icons, statues, busts, and images of him all over Russia, public buildings, schoolrooms, and homes. Mussolini and Hitler also did the same thing. In Germany, every home even had a book that Hitler wrote, Mein Kampf. Ministries of Truth is also the one who holds the Two Minutes Hate, an event where Big Brother is trying to bring the hate out of everyone’s hearts and channel ...
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faked the history. They told the Germans that German Knights believed in the principles of National. This was done to make the citizens support the Nazi party.
Other symbol is Emanuel Goldstein. He is the main enemy of Oceania, and as one can see in the name, a Jew. In this case Orwell draws a link to the Nazis and the Russian Communists, who had anti-Semitic ideas, and who used Jews as so-called scapegoats, who were responsible for all bad and evil things in the country. Secret police were also depicted in the story. Thought Police, that is what they are called. Their job is to monitor everybody on what they are doing, say, and even think. They are trying to ensure that everybody is ...
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