The ever-growing possibility of the panoptic design and totalitarianism ideologies are shown entirely within the pages of 1984 by George Orwell. The mind within, is a trap. Imagine living within the dystopian society of 1984, where thinking is wrong. Big Brother is the trigger that catches all those who question Big brother. There is only one way to survive in a world where ideas are commonly practiced and enforced is to become one with yourself. Which boils down and leaves but one choice, trust cannot be put in the hands of others.. Totalitarianism is a system of principles which forms the basis of political or economic theory. It is a model that is used to control the minds of those who are under their control. Michel Foucault states that
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The tactics used by big brother are employed to catch and eliminate all those who would see big brother fall to it's own ignorance therefore all the similarities between these ideas must work effortlessly and simultaneously in order to monitor and control all of its people. An example of the Ideologies within the dystopian society are all summed up within the very ideal of the panoptic ideologies which is “visibility is a trap.” (Foucault, Discipline and Punish). This is true about the way 1984 is organized and how it proves that if seen expressing emotions of happiness should already consider themselves forgotten. For if caught thinking and using emotions that are wrong are all going to bring the end of whoever big brother comes across. Therefore, when big brother finds who out and are looking and what that person has been doing all that comes to mind is the possibility of being lost within big brother’s power. The thinking and all the feelings are nothing more than lost thoughts and lost causes within a chasm of lost memories and truths that will never climb out. Another way big brother uses its existential muscles is by using tactics …show more content…
The main reason for all this fear and animosity towards big brother is because of the main reason they are being feared and that with these goals they shall have to find new ways of bringing down Eurasia and all its allies, but the reason big brother wishes to dispose of Eurasia is because they question big brother’s tactics and wish to bring about the destruction of big brother and in order to do this big brother must use powers such as totalitarianism and put to full use their ability of watching all of its citizens by using the power of panopticism in order to bring about the people's anger and focus it all on the
The tactics used by big brother are employed to catch and eliminate all those who would see big brother fall to it's own ignorance therefore all the similarities between these ideas must work effortlessly and simultaneously in order to monitor and control all of its people. An example of the Ideologies within the dystopian society are all summed up within the very ideal of the panoptic ideologies which is “visibility is a trap.” (Foucault, Discipline and Punish). This is true about the way 1984 is organized and how it proves that if seen expressing emotions of happiness should already consider themselves forgotten. For if caught thinking and using emotions that are wrong are all going to bring the end of whoever big brother comes across. Therefore, when big brother finds who out and are looking and what that person has been doing all that comes to mind is the possibility of being lost within big brother’s power. The thinking and all the feelings are nothing more than lost thoughts and lost causes within a chasm of lost memories and truths that will never climb out. Another way big brother uses its existential muscles is by using tactics …show more content…
The main reason for all this fear and animosity towards big brother is because of the main reason they are being feared and that with these goals they shall have to find new ways of bringing down Eurasia and all its allies, but the reason big brother wishes to dispose of Eurasia is because they question big brother’s tactics and wish to bring about the destruction of big brother and in order to do this big brother must use powers such as totalitarianism and put to full use their ability of watching all of its citizens by using the power of panopticism in order to bring about the people's anger and focus it all on the