There is a fine line between perfection and totalitarianism, which people tend to dismiss when they are blinded by the high amount of power they have. In the novel 1984, the people of Oceania believe they live in an ideally perfect community through the government’s use of propaganda which is used to control their actions and thoughts. This type of ruler ship describes a utopia, which is an ideal state that is perceived to be perfect (Sreenivasan 1). However, the dehumanized world the citizens of Oceania live in an imaginary society that is as dehumanizing and as unpleasant as possible, which defines a dystopia (Grimes). Usually these societies are controlled by propaganda, and usually viewed as undesirable. The leaders of Twin Oaks community
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The government was trying to create a perfect society, thus controlling the citizens and their actions. The citizens of Oceania follow the same routine every day, which contributed to the fact that “orthodoxy means not thinking—not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness” (Orwell 53). By removing all the negative thoughts and bad feelings with propaganda, the government was able to try and succeed in creating a society that had no flaws and was easily controlled. The Party intentionally manipulates the citizens of Oceania, and forced them through manipulation to believe that thinking is ultimately a void of rebellion. In addition, the Party controlled and eliminated love and loyalty to gain more control over the citizens. Convincing its citizens that they live in an ideal society is also caused due to the Party rewriting their history because they wanted everything to be perfect and for no mistakes to be made in the past and the present. By controlling their actions and thoughts, the Party is able to convince its citizens that they are living in a society that is ideally …show more content…
Community members earned a significantly lower income than most Americans due to the sustainability and resource-sharing they value. The allowance of the citizens, “could have been only a dollar a week. Or ten dollars a month. Now it is minimal by other people 's standards but it is 86 dollars a month now” (Weinbaum). The money the people receive is not enough for the amount of work they put into the community. The forty-two hour work week is divided by the citizens and for a community that earns six-hundred thousand dollars per year, the amount of money the members make shows how this society is far from the perfection ideal. The people that live in Twin Oaks community for years feel trapped due to the fact that the members do not have any opportunities to build up their savings and there is little to no privacy in the community (Grimes). Furthermore, the members initially thought that the children would not be owned by their parents and the entire community would take responsibility for them being Twin Oaks children. However, the parents of Twin Oaks did not feel the community took care of their children as well as they could have by themselves (Larrow). When the parents left the community, the idea was that the children would be left behind to be parented by the Twin Oaks
The government was trying to create a perfect society, thus controlling the citizens and their actions. The citizens of Oceania follow the same routine every day, which contributed to the fact that “orthodoxy means not thinking—not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness” (Orwell 53). By removing all the negative thoughts and bad feelings with propaganda, the government was able to try and succeed in creating a society that had no flaws and was easily controlled. The Party intentionally manipulates the citizens of Oceania, and forced them through manipulation to believe that thinking is ultimately a void of rebellion. In addition, the Party controlled and eliminated love and loyalty to gain more control over the citizens. Convincing its citizens that they live in an ideal society is also caused due to the Party rewriting their history because they wanted everything to be perfect and for no mistakes to be made in the past and the present. By controlling their actions and thoughts, the Party is able to convince its citizens that they are living in a society that is ideally …show more content…
Community members earned a significantly lower income than most Americans due to the sustainability and resource-sharing they value. The allowance of the citizens, “could have been only a dollar a week. Or ten dollars a month. Now it is minimal by other people 's standards but it is 86 dollars a month now” (Weinbaum). The money the people receive is not enough for the amount of work they put into the community. The forty-two hour work week is divided by the citizens and for a community that earns six-hundred thousand dollars per year, the amount of money the members make shows how this society is far from the perfection ideal. The people that live in Twin Oaks community for years feel trapped due to the fact that the members do not have any opportunities to build up their savings and there is little to no privacy in the community (Grimes). Furthermore, the members initially thought that the children would not be owned by their parents and the entire community would take responsibility for them being Twin Oaks children. However, the parents of Twin Oaks did not feel the community took care of their children as well as they could have by themselves (Larrow). When the parents left the community, the idea was that the children would be left behind to be parented by the Twin Oaks