In George Orwell’s 1984, multiple themes of governmental systems can be viewed, some of which can be totalitarianism, socialism, and oligarchism. The biggest ideology derived from 1984 is “Big Brother” watching us, directly foreshadowing mass surveillance on society that is evident in today’s society. The fact that Orwell was able to predict the amount of “security measures” put into place today, 65 years ago is almost frightening to some. The book is set in the year 1984, during a time of turmoil for the fiction superpower named Oceania. Oceania is in an eternal war with Eurasia and Eastasia. Winston Smith is a low-ranking level of Oceania’s oligarchism form of government. Because of Ingsoc’s (the ruling party of Oceania) ultimate power
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The first being psychological manipulation. The giant telescreens in every citizens house flood all members with constant propaganda which turns Ingsoc’s follies in victories. The posters plastered everywhere reinforce that “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” reinforce that the government is regulating everything and everything. The demolition of family life plays an important part in how the government controls their citizens, turning children into spies and making sex purely for reproduction. The ways the physically control the citizens by forcing members of the Ingsoc party go through Physical Jerks in the morning to exhaust the person before they work long hours, makes it very easy for citizens to be brainwashed. The way the government controls the history and language adds to the people being held to he will of the government If the government controls how you speak and what you lived through, it makes it very easy to live through their lie. In Oceania society, a person’s own mind became their worst …show more content…
If all of the citizens of Oceania rebelled, the government wouldn’t stand a chance, but because of the ridiculous amount of control the government has over the people, they’re able to suppress the power of the people. The government is scared of the people they rule, even though they have absolute control over
The first being psychological manipulation. The giant telescreens in every citizens house flood all members with constant propaganda which turns Ingsoc’s follies in victories. The posters plastered everywhere reinforce that “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” reinforce that the government is regulating everything and everything. The demolition of family life plays an important part in how the government controls their citizens, turning children into spies and making sex purely for reproduction. The ways the physically control the citizens by forcing members of the Ingsoc party go through Physical Jerks in the morning to exhaust the person before they work long hours, makes it very easy for citizens to be brainwashed. The way the government controls the history and language adds to the people being held to he will of the government If the government controls how you speak and what you lived through, it makes it very easy to live through their lie. In Oceania society, a person’s own mind became their worst …show more content…
If all of the citizens of Oceania rebelled, the government wouldn’t stand a chance, but because of the ridiculous amount of control the government has over the people, they’re able to suppress the power of the people. The government is scared of the people they rule, even though they have absolute control over