How Does Orwell Create A Dystopian Novel 1984

Today, in the 21st century, countries such as North Korea and Cuba still operate under a totalitarian government, a single-party dictatorship that controls all aspects of public and private life. It manages the political, social, cultural, and economic aspects of life, along with any media and technology. George Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian novel set in Oceania about how the protagonist, Winston Smith, loses his identity under the oppressive totalitarian regime of “Big Brother”. As a government employee of the Outer Party, Winston’s job is to obediently rewrite the nation’s history, but he begins to disagree and tries to escape Big Brother’s tyranny. By first exploring how terribly the government abuses its power in 1984, one sees the manipulation …show more content…
It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him, the ease with which any Party intellectual would overthrow him in debate, the subtle arguments which he would not be able to understand, much less answer. And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right. The obvious, the silly, and the true, had got to be defended. Truisms are true, hold on to that!” (Orwell 69).
This shows how easily the Party is able to trick people into agreeing with their viewpoints, even though they may not be logical. Although Winston strongly believes that his views about the external, physical reality are correct, he still wonders if the Party could also be right. Since the government is essentially able to control thoughts, they manage what the citizens know, causing knowledge to be limited. Winston has been constantly trying to learn more about Oceania’s history, Big Brother, and the government, and this restriction on thoughts has only made him determined to continue …show more content…
This effectively eliminates any personal feelings or attachment. At a very young age, children learn to view sexual intercourse as a disgusting activity from the Junior Anti-Sex League and similar organizations. In his past marriage with Katharine, another Party member, Winston recounts “she used even to remind him of it in the morning, as something which had to be done that evening and which must not be forgotten. She had two names for it. One was “making a baby,” and the other was “our duty to the Party” ” (Orwell 58). Winston disliked having sex with Katharine, because she was thoroughly devoted to the Party. Even though she was uncomfortable with having sex, she thought that it was necessary for them to produce children in order to help serve the Party. She is an example of how the Party effectively brainwashes people into believing all of their campaign slogans, and the result of the Party’s destruction of love between husbands and wives. Also, the Party determines marriage between all Party members and makes sure there is no physical attraction or lust between them. In a literary criticism essay, Lerner asserts