In George Orwell's 1984, a Novel about a totalitarian society, Oceania, that limits what citizens are allowed think, the society’s Government, Ingsoc, standing for English Socialism, rewrites history, replacing it with lies to maintain a good image. Oceania maintains itself through 3 principles, one being IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH; this relating to the way Ingsoc prevents citizens from thinking deeply, shielding them from the outside world, taking control of records, memories, and history, and even embedding the idea of limiting thoughts in their language.
Oceania hides the outside world from citizens, disallowing them from making any comparisons between what they have and what they could have. The Ingsoc ideology is that “So long as [citizens] are not permitted to have standards of comparison they never even become aware that they are oppressed.”(Orwell 171). Taking away any knowledge of places that could be seen as more livable than Oceania leaves what citizens of Oceania are shown of the world, a skewed representation painting Oceania as a Utopia in contrast. Perceiving oneself as living in a utopian society keeps deeper thoughts wondering about if the society they lived in were better from ever swelling up. …show more content…
The entire language is a simplified version of english that “was designed to . . . diminish the range of thought . . . cutting down the choice of words to a minimum.”(Orwell 247). Taking away citizens ability to think anything that Ingsoc doesn’t deem appropriate prevents the downfall of Oceania, giving them complete control over what their citizens can even understand. This sheer ignorance of deep concepts is an effective way of protecting against
Oceania hides the outside world from citizens, disallowing them from making any comparisons between what they have and what they could have. The Ingsoc ideology is that “So long as [citizens] are not permitted to have standards of comparison they never even become aware that they are oppressed.”(Orwell 171). Taking away any knowledge of places that could be seen as more livable than Oceania leaves what citizens of Oceania are shown of the world, a skewed representation painting Oceania as a Utopia in contrast. Perceiving oneself as living in a utopian society keeps deeper thoughts wondering about if the society they lived in were better from ever swelling up. …show more content…
The entire language is a simplified version of english that “was designed to . . . diminish the range of thought . . . cutting down the choice of words to a minimum.”(Orwell 247). Taking away citizens ability to think anything that Ingsoc doesn’t deem appropriate prevents the downfall of Oceania, giving them complete control over what their citizens can even understand. This sheer ignorance of deep concepts is an effective way of protecting against