Oceania and today’s society have very much in common including: how certain countries are managed, how the commonwealth carry themselves in reaction to governmental control, and the aftermath of the maltreatment implemented. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the superstate of Oceania, consisting of the countries Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, and Southern Africa, was run by a group called the Party. The Party ran the country based upon a totalitarian/ dictatorship government, which put all power in the hands of one person to whom was referred to as Big Brother. Big Brother’s tactics of running the country could be found to be very much like that of countries in the modern world and the people who lived in Oceania were also very similar
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The Party’s control appears like an oozing, hot wax that slowly penetrates to create a change. However, unlike the wax that alters the ski for exceptional speed and control, a government that moves slowly and cautiously shapes people into mindless creatures who then are slow to revolt. This type of authority can be seen in the present world throughout many countries. The government of Oceania managed its people using many different forms of control. One way the Party kept eyes on their people were through television screens called telescreens. These telescreens would relay and record information at the same time and report it back to the Thoughtpolice, an organization that would inhibit the chance of rebellion against the party. The country of Oceania was ran on a concept that is considered as a world with little to no privacy - at all times someone is watching your every move and if you step out of line, you get punished (“vaporized”). In addition, the Party would rocket bomb the cities “just to keep people frightened” (Orwell 157). This can be compared to the present day government of Syria which is run by the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Assad used chemical weapons against …show more content…
One occasion consisted of Smith being involved in one of the Party’s routine bombings of London, a city of Oceania. Winston described how he saw a person’s severed hand laying on the ground just a few yards away from him. He then went on to state how “within three or four minutes… the sordid swarming life of the streets was going on as though nothing had happened” (Orwell 84). Currently, Syrians have a similar life to that of the proles (common folk of Oceania who include 85% of the country’s population). The Syrian government attacks its own people and the victims are forced to get back up and go on with life. There have been such an increasing amount of air strikes that people have begun to get used to the chaos. Furthermore, the people of Oceania have familiarized themselves with the constant overwatch of the telescreens and microphones. Correspondingly, the people in the U.S. today have become accustomed to seeing traffic cameras, security cameras and other types of supervision in their everyday lives. After the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers, the U.S. alone has installed more than “30 million more security cameras… [these cameras are mainly for] mundane purposes like nabbing criminals or calling out bad behavior at the office” (Linn Paragraph 4). These present day cameras were used for the same type of surveillance as that of the Party, to apprehend criminals. This
The Party’s control appears like an oozing, hot wax that slowly penetrates to create a change. However, unlike the wax that alters the ski for exceptional speed and control, a government that moves slowly and cautiously shapes people into mindless creatures who then are slow to revolt. This type of authority can be seen in the present world throughout many countries. The government of Oceania managed its people using many different forms of control. One way the Party kept eyes on their people were through television screens called telescreens. These telescreens would relay and record information at the same time and report it back to the Thoughtpolice, an organization that would inhibit the chance of rebellion against the party. The country of Oceania was ran on a concept that is considered as a world with little to no privacy - at all times someone is watching your every move and if you step out of line, you get punished (“vaporized”). In addition, the Party would rocket bomb the cities “just to keep people frightened” (Orwell 157). This can be compared to the present day government of Syria which is run by the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Assad used chemical weapons against …show more content…
One occasion consisted of Smith being involved in one of the Party’s routine bombings of London, a city of Oceania. Winston described how he saw a person’s severed hand laying on the ground just a few yards away from him. He then went on to state how “within three or four minutes… the sordid swarming life of the streets was going on as though nothing had happened” (Orwell 84). Currently, Syrians have a similar life to that of the proles (common folk of Oceania who include 85% of the country’s population). The Syrian government attacks its own people and the victims are forced to get back up and go on with life. There have been such an increasing amount of air strikes that people have begun to get used to the chaos. Furthermore, the people of Oceania have familiarized themselves with the constant overwatch of the telescreens and microphones. Correspondingly, the people in the U.S. today have become accustomed to seeing traffic cameras, security cameras and other types of supervision in their everyday lives. After the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers, the U.S. alone has installed more than “30 million more security cameras… [these cameras are mainly for] mundane purposes like nabbing criminals or calling out bad behavior at the office” (Linn Paragraph 4). These present day cameras were used for the same type of surveillance as that of the Party, to apprehend criminals. This