Abuse Of Power In 1984 George Orwell

In the novel 1984 george orwell uses the party to keep power in his dystopian world. A world where everything is run and controlled by the party. The dictatorship o'brien controls has to be to be run by pure power and control. O'brien and the party have several different ways in which they keep power. In 1984 orwell uses the party to explore power and control. The party uses propaganda to constantly bombard people with what they deem as important. “The hate had started. As usual, the face of emmanuel Goldstein, the enemy of the people, had flashed onto the screen.” the party uses 2 minutes of hate everyday to force the thought of an enemy of the nation. This gives the party the power to control what needs to produced and the party takes it because it is needed for “war”. The alteration of films as well as newspaper and pictures were affected. When the party wants to change an enemy they need to change everything so they just alter everything created so far. This creates an illusion that the party is always right. Orwell was a genius in depicting ways a totalitarian regime could exist in modern days. …show more content…
It was almost normal for people over the age of thirty to be frightened by their own children. Omagine living everyday knowing you could be eliminated from society and your children could be the ones to turn you in. teaching the kids it's okay to snitch on anyone even your own parents made it to where you couldn't feel safe trusting anyone not even family. “Rulers in 1984 are fabians of the younger generation”. Children are the future of the world an so grooming them as the party sees fit was one of the many ways they were able to maintain power. The youth are more gullible and liable to believe what you say this made it easy for them to get “brainwashed”. Orwell created places in the book that served only to imprison and recreate