Government Totalitarianism in Nineteen Eighty-Four Is living in a society with minimal expression enjoyable? In the novel Nineteen Eighty- Four, by George Orwell, the protagonist, Winston Smith, lives in fear as he struggles to express his hatred towards the government. The government’s totalitarianism prevents citizens from revolting against them. The Party eliminates freedom from Outer Party members to decrease the threat of turning against the government. Furthermore, they eliminate those who are rebellious in order to maintain authority. Lastly, they eliminate the ability for citizens to sustain relationships, so that alliances against The Party struggle to collaborate. In order to prevent Outer Party members from rebelling against The Party, higher officials within The Party
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This allows “Big Brother [to] always watch [everyone]” (3). Outer Party members have no ability to turn off the telescreens, or refuse being under constant surveillance, therefore making it difficult to revolt against The Party. If citizens know they are always watched, it provokes fear in them to revolt, so they try hard to act like perfect citizens according to The Party’s standards. If they perform Thoughtcrime or Facecrime, such as “Down with Big Brother” (20), citizens know they will face dreadful consequences, so they try to avoid these crimes. Also, since the government can always see what citizens are doing and thinking, there is no chance for a citizen to defeat them, as they always know their plans. Furthermore, the Government creates the language of Newspeak to narrow the range of thought. While Winston is talking to his acquaintance Syme, he learns that The Party is “destroying words-scores of them, hundreds of them, every day. [They] are cutting the [Newspeak] language down to the bone” (54), while creating a new edition of the Newspeak
This allows “Big Brother [to] always watch [everyone]” (3). Outer Party members have no ability to turn off the telescreens, or refuse being under constant surveillance, therefore making it difficult to revolt against The Party. If citizens know they are always watched, it provokes fear in them to revolt, so they try hard to act like perfect citizens according to The Party’s standards. If they perform Thoughtcrime or Facecrime, such as “Down with Big Brother” (20), citizens know they will face dreadful consequences, so they try to avoid these crimes. Also, since the government can always see what citizens are doing and thinking, there is no chance for a citizen to defeat them, as they always know their plans. Furthermore, the Government creates the language of Newspeak to narrow the range of thought. While Winston is talking to his acquaintance Syme, he learns that The Party is “destroying words-scores of them, hundreds of them, every day. [They] are cutting the [Newspeak] language down to the bone” (54), while creating a new edition of the Newspeak