Examples Of Propaganda In 1984

In today’s society it is common to hear about wars occurring, such as “war on terror”. Often a government uses war to control its people. Similarly in 1984, George Orwell illustrates how the tactics of war propaganda can brain wash the citizens. Orwell warned modern society to be aware of war propaganda. Modern day war propaganda and the examples in 1984 play hand in hand. War propaganda is a strong tool that any nation could have, due to the fact that a nation could use it to alter the truth f what is actually happening in their nation. In Saudi Arabia, “slickly choreographed videos” are created to show “classic war propaganda: missiles destroying homes, bodies in a bombed-out crater, small children lie wounded on a hospital floor”, and these videos are created by PR companies who are funded by the Saudi Arabian government (Luck). Saudi Arabia uses war propaganda to put all of their blames on Iran for what is happening to their own nation (Luck). Similarly in North Korea, their citizens are pestered with war propaganda. A reporter in North Korea stated, “Homes are equipped with loudspeakers attached to the wall. It’s like a radio, but with no dial or off-switch; all day long, it blares state-sponsored slogans and …show more content…
Saudi Arabia and North Korea is modern proof that a nation will use war propaganda to convince their citizens in believing in false facts. In connection to 1984, most citizens’ homes in Oceania contained an “oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror”, which reported