Oceania, a dystopian society plagued by an unrelenting paranoia placed upon them by the Inner Party. With a variety of unorthodox methods, this “paranoia” is created and allows the Party to completely control its people. Their methods include psychological manipulation and physical control.
A torrent of political propaganda spews from the telescreens at every waking moment. This information includes embellished victories of the Party and many other faked events. All the incoming information is made to bombard one's mind and leave him unable to think for themselves. Beside from rotting your brain, the telescreen monitors you as well. With the help of the Junior Spies and the posters forever reminding them that “Big Brother is watching you”(pg.3), …show more content…
The sky is a vivid blue and the streets are quiet. A bird chirps somewhere in the distance. A stray breeze catches you by surprise, and you shiver; or you suddenly have an involuntary twitch. Now you're in prison for treason and being tortured. This is one way the Party controls the bodies of its citizens. The Party is always watching for signs of disloyalty to their system. Another way is the Physical Jerks. The Physical Jerks, to the people, are a mass assortment of morning stretches to start off the day, but they really are just a way to tire the citizens of Oceania out early on. Already tired from the stretches, they are then forced to work long, exhausting days at their respected ministry. For those who rebel against the Party even in this state of stamina depletion, the consequences are dire. Rebels are severely tortured; tortured until they truly believe in Big Brother.
With methods this intense you would wonder for what reason would a government do such things to its own people. The Inner Party's goal is simple, all they want is power, but no ordinary power.”Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together in new shapes of your own choosing”(266). “The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure
A torrent of political propaganda spews from the telescreens at every waking moment. This information includes embellished victories of the Party and many other faked events. All the incoming information is made to bombard one's mind and leave him unable to think for themselves. Beside from rotting your brain, the telescreen monitors you as well. With the help of the Junior Spies and the posters forever reminding them that “Big Brother is watching you”(pg.3), …show more content…
The sky is a vivid blue and the streets are quiet. A bird chirps somewhere in the distance. A stray breeze catches you by surprise, and you shiver; or you suddenly have an involuntary twitch. Now you're in prison for treason and being tortured. This is one way the Party controls the bodies of its citizens. The Party is always watching for signs of disloyalty to their system. Another way is the Physical Jerks. The Physical Jerks, to the people, are a mass assortment of morning stretches to start off the day, but they really are just a way to tire the citizens of Oceania out early on. Already tired from the stretches, they are then forced to work long, exhausting days at their respected ministry. For those who rebel against the Party even in this state of stamina depletion, the consequences are dire. Rebels are severely tortured; tortured until they truly believe in Big Brother.
With methods this intense you would wonder for what reason would a government do such things to its own people. The Inner Party's goal is simple, all they want is power, but no ordinary power.”Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together in new shapes of your own choosing”(266). “The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure