1984 Orwell Power Analysis

Abuse of Power is an idea heavily communicated by George Orwell in his novel 1984. Orwell’s 1984 warns us about the dangers of a totalitarian rule. In 1984 we experience this nightmarish totalitarian state run by a fictional group named “The Party” through the eyes of Winston, a member of the lower tiers of this party. Beyond the text there are many links between 1984 and modern day society that we can identify such as North Korea’s media manipulation, Orewa College monitoring our data and

From the very start of the novel we can identify that Oceania is a very military structured society “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks where striking 13.” In western culture the military uses the 24 hour clock so we can understand the type of dictatorship …show more content…
The people are the system - there is no individuality, there are no protests, it's almost like there's no abuse - because the people aren't even people. They are mindless parts of the whole system that Winston and Julia struggle to live in.

Here in New Zealand the government is for the people, we pay taxes so that roads, parks and other facilities are all built and looked after however in 1984’s Oceania this is completely contrasted. The true role of the people is to slave away for the government benefits. In 1984, Winston’s job is to manipulate history in order to benefit the Party perspectives, views and values. The freaky thing about this is that it has actually happened beyond the text in North Korea. In both Oceania and North Korea the media is distorted to depict the government as a trustworthy organisation that betters people’s lives. For example, in 1984, “the Ministry of Plenty’s forecast had estimated the output of boots for the quarter at a hundred and forty-five million pairs. The actual output was given as sixty-two millions. Winston, however, in rewriting the forecast, marked the figure down to fifty-seven millions, so as to allow for the usual claim