In his novel, 1984, Orwell alludes to the Nazis and the Communists in order to compare and contrast with the novel’s government. Using the Nazis and the Communists are effective in comparing it with the government in the novel: they are all totalitarian governments. By comparing all three governments the reader can observe themes and ideas throughout the book. One theme that can be taken out of the comparison between all three governments would be psychological manipulation. When Orwell alluded to the Nazis and Communists he wanted the reader to understand that they were similar in their ways of brainwashing citizens. The Party in 1984 used more extreme brainwashing but Germany and Russia were close. Allusion is able to force the reader to
