Propaganda In The Novel 1984 By George Orwell

In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the party uses propaganda, and manipulation of individual’s emotions in order to control the people; ultimately, proving how the oppressive government strips society of their freedom to think and act with their own minds. In the novel, Big Brother posters serve as a means of propaganda in order to infix the idea that “every sound” is “overheard” and “every movement scrutinized,” which demonstrates the government's attempt to eliminate any means of secrecy, thus regulating and censoring the threats prior to becoming dangerous and restive (Orwell 3). Additionally, the party survives off mantras and altering history because “who controls the past, controls the future” and “who controls the present controls the past”(34).Therefore, …show more content…
In general, these techniques are efficacious because they convince the majority of individuals to concede their freedom of thinking,and perception of reality while exemplifying how the excessive censorship destroys individuality. Furthermore, by adapting perceptions and realities the Party retains the ability to ingratiate the minds of society through emotions and connotations. For instance, Goldstein–”a primal traitor” is commonly used in the party’s program of “Two Minutes Hate,” which results in “uncontrollable exclamations of rage” among the people because “the sight or even the thought of [him] [produces] fear and anger automatically”(12). Within these sessions, the images warp the minds of the people by instigating extreme emotions to instill betrayal as an unjust evil. To enumerate further, the Party uses a similar technique in attempt change the people by trying to “kill the sex instinct” or rather just “distort” and “dirty” the original conceptualization because the freedom love provides to an individual allows for the formation of conflicting alliances against the party