Orwell’s most obvious warning message from 1984 is to beware fascist, communist, or totalitarian regimes for the sake of the people that would be controlled by it. Throughout the first two parts and most of the third part of the story, Winston finds himself explaining his hatred for The Party and Big Brother by explaining just how much power and control they have over the people, saying “If all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth. "Who controls the past," ran the Party slogan, "controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." (34). Winston despised just how easy the Party controlled everyone, and how there was nothing he could do about it.
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The complete control that The Party had over Winston and the people around him had shown its true power when it broke Winston and made him betray Julia, resulting in his loyalty being turned over to the Party. Winston’s last thoughts of the story are “He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breasts! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was alright, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.” (298), which shows just how indoctrinated Winston had become into the Party and it’s ideals. He no longer had any original thought, but was a mindless puppet controlled by a totalitarian regime. This transformation of such a defiant character proved Orwell’s point that totalitarianism is dangerous to the common people. Another theme included the control that governments have over media, information and history is dangerous when they are given too much
The complete control that The Party had over Winston and the people around him had shown its true power when it broke Winston and made him betray Julia, resulting in his loyalty being turned over to the Party. Winston’s last thoughts of the story are “He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breasts! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was alright, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.” (298), which shows just how indoctrinated Winston had become into the Party and it’s ideals. He no longer had any original thought, but was a mindless puppet controlled by a totalitarian regime. This transformation of such a defiant character proved Orwell’s point that totalitarianism is dangerous to the common people. Another theme included the control that governments have over media, information and history is dangerous when they are given too much