How Does Orwell Use Violence In The Book 1984

Is there another way law enforcements can gain control and respect without the use violence ? In George Orwell’s book 1984, the Party used many tools to keep their citizens under control. Much like the police today, the Party used police brutality, surveillance, and verbal intimidation to maintain their control around the areas. In the book brutality is used to gain control over all citizens. The guards come into the room and violently beat Julia (Orwell p.184). The reason they beat Julia is because of her and winston disobeyed the Party’s rule. Police have authority to use their force if needed to in certain situations. The main purpose is to keep things around the area under control. Law enforcements tend to abuse their privileges. A kick from a guard’s boot had broken fingers of one of his hand (Orwell p.196). This is showing that the guards do not care about the people they are hurting as long as their job gets done. …show more content…
Police officers are not being held accountable for their violent and unnecessary actions. A reporter stated, “For every 1,000 people killed by police, only one officer is convicted of a crime” (Hauler).People should feel protected and honor the police, not afraid or hatred towards them. Yes, there are crimes that deserve some violent content to stop the act, but to a certain extent.The reporter claims, ”More than 920 people have been killed by the police in 2015”(Hauler). It seems as if the police are more intense on the ones who live in a low income area. If they are not showing interest in those people, they are ignoring them treating them as nothing. The best solution that has come up with the cases that have no witnesses are that the police have to wear shirts with cameras inserted in them. Also the use of dashboard cameras could be of help as