Joseph Stalin 1984 Analysis

The party, Big Brother, from George Orwell’s novel, “1984,” may resemble Soviet Union’s dictator, Joseph Stalin, to readers. Stalin ruled over the Soviet Union in the mid-1920s, until his death in the 1950s. He was notorious for the power he had held over his people, as well as, all of his ruthless assassinations. The government in Orwell’s novel, Big Brother, watches its people through telescreens, listens to its people’s conversations and thoughts, and controls what the people know about the past and the present. Stalin used countless methods to maintain the power of the Soviet Union causing his leadership to affect the countries’ people, throughout George Orwell’s novel, “1984,” he uses numerous comparisons and contrasts to reference Stalin, …show more content…
Stalin’s executions of the farmers, who refused to give up their land, was just one example of how powerful Stalin was and shows how he treated his citizens. It also shows the extremes he would go through, in order to maintain his power, such as, murder anyone who was against his ideas, for instance, his Five Year Plan. Stalin’s ways of maintaining his power of the Soviet Union had affected his leadership and impacted his citizens. Readers who are familiar with Stalin are able to compare and contrast him to, Orwell’s government-Big Brother-in his novel, “1984,” because of their distinct comparisons and differences. In the article, Stalin, Joseph, the author wrote, “to be sure both local Communist Party officials and the general public adhered to his rule, Stalin used his "show trials." False accusations were made against various leaders. Under torture, they would usually confess and then be executed.” (Hanes). Stalin thrived to keep his power of the Soviet Union and in order to do so, he would use the false accusations to make his citizens aware of his power. The false accusations would also …show more content…
In an article, Bye-bye, Big Brother, the author wrote, “Orwell imagined the world of Stalin filled with Apple computers and concluded that it would be more horrible than any world ever seen before.” (Huber). Nobody is certain what thoughts Orwell had when he was writing this novel. However, people can theorize what he could have been thinking when he wrote, “1984”. People can and will also compare Orwell’s government, Big Brother, in his novel to the Soviet Union’s dictator, Stalin. Big Brother is like Stalin if he were to rule in the future because of the way they both treated their citizens who were against their belief and ideas. Big Brother is a type of government who uses numerous types of technology, such as telescreens and a form of technology which allowed them to listen to people’s thoughts, that Stalin did not have. Stalin only had the people who he had hired to listen to his people and watch over them. If he had the type of technology that Big Brother has he would then most likely use it, instead of hiring people to watch out over his citizens. There is also no doubt that Orwell had a feeling that people were going to view his book in a particular way. New Statesman wrote in one of his articles, “after the reception of Animal Farm, and with the direction Nineteen Eighty-Four was taking, it must have been clear to him