Summary Of 1984 By George Orwell

Return to Orwellian Society The government controls every aspect of society. A government known as Big Brother controls a society through misinformation. Big brother controls what can be broadcast on television. Big brother controls the language that people speak and their history. Big Brother uses a language called Newspeak, which eliminates all words related to a rebellion. The government uses this manipulation of language and history to dehumanize and control the population. While this is the plot of 1984 by George Orwell, a very similar situation is playing out in many countries across the world. Governments use misinformation, and control of the media to constrain their populations. Because the government controls what people can learn, many people are oblivious to important information about the government. Thus, the information accessible to the public is manipulated by governments, and this manipulation of information makes citizens misinformed and easy to exploit. The North Korean Government serves as the first example, the people of North Korea …show more content…
While not as drastic as in North Korea, an Article by Dana Wagner of The Atlantic demonstrated that the Vietnamese government treats its citizens very poorly. The government imprisons any individual who uses social media to voice negative opinions about the state. Additionally, the government can authorize a life sentence for any reason. The article continues by showing how Vietnamese bloggers have been convicted on national security charges for criticizing the government. The Vietnamese government censors its citizens online so that it can continue controlling them (Wagner). The arrests have triggered public backlash, but that only leads the government to take more prisoners and more drastic steps to control information. In conclusion, the Vietnamese government uses censorship of journalists and bloggers to misinform and control its