Absolute Power In George Orwell's 1984

In 1984 George Orwell exposes the government goals for the country and what they are willing to do to achieve it. Orwell explains the only thing holding the government back of their absolute power is the human nature of thinking. They struggle to control some aspect of the individuality, such as curiosity, thinking, and knowledge. Of course, there are some that are completely unaware of their brainwashing, but in some cases, most are still in contact with their self-individualism. The government 's desire for absolute power results in a prevalent manipulation of the people.
In the beginning propaganda and slogans such as “Peace is war. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." are seen throughout Oceana, are used to explain and ingrain the citizen 's mind that what they may think they want is either something chaotic or a restriction. Other slogan such as …show more content…
explains that “Political and social power is the ultimate form of control” (Wilson Jr.). Orwell demonstrates that the government has control over both political and social control over the people, as well as the environment. The government’s power easily influences the way people think as well as how they act. Organization such as Junior Anti-Sex League, for example were created to be seen as a social norm. An organization disregarding marriage and family. Saul Mcleod explains how pressure is forced upon the people to conform into a what is considered the right way. He states “Behavior which fulfills these norms is called conformity, and most of the time roles and norms are powerful ways of understanding and predicting what people will do.” (Mcleod). Orwell demonstrates conformity by using children’s. Children who turns in their own parents to be fixed, to be “made perfect”, possibly be killed because of their suspicion of their parents being traitors. These children are honored as heroes and rather than being sympathetic towards the parent, they rejoice in “keeping their country