1984 Totalitarianism Analysis

Totalitarianism is defined by Britannica as a, “form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of the individual’s life to the authority of the government.” Totalitarianism happens all over the world and is included in the book 1984. Nazi Germany is a real life example of a totalitarian state. Hitler was the charismatic leader of the Nazis and he established complete control over political, social, and cultural beliefs. The people in Germany, especially the Jews, were not given the right to have an opinion. The people in Germany had no privacy and were constantly being watched and separated by race. The use of Big Brother, a charismatic leader, helps to show the extreme totalitarian society that the book 1984 is occurring in. By having a totalitarian society, the characters are meant to feel like they are constantly being watched and that they lack privacy in their lives. In the book 1984, George Orwell uses the lack of privacy by creating a dystopian society to show the dangers of totalitarianism.
To start, Orwell creates a novel that is …show more content…
As stated by Winston, "Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime is death”(Orwell 34). In this quote, we are revealed to the negative effects of the totalitarianism. We see that Winston and the other characters have no sense of privacy and are forced to believe what the Party wants the characters to know. Thoughtcrime is a crime that is committed by having unorthodox thoughts that are unacceptable to a society. Thoughtcrime is an example of the lack of privacy that people have in 1984. By not being able to think a certain thought or believe in a certain thing the people’s lack of privacy is demolished. The people have no privacy to do, think, or say what they want. Thoughtcrime is an example of why the lack of privacy shows the dangers of