In the novel 1984, the society has a very strict and one-sided government, as for the government in America, it is very different compared to the how things are run in the book 1984. In America, anyone can have any type of belief and can live any lifestyle that they might desire. Also, in America, any citizen can have the freedom do anything as close to getting any job they want. As for the government in 1984, no one has their own beliefs because every citizen has to agree with whatever Big Brother says. Although Orwell's dystopia has elements of 21st-century democracy, however, 1984 is not enough like free democratic societies because in a free society citizens are allowed to vote for their representatives in government and in 1984 a ruling
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The main tool of control is the illusion that someone is always watching. The telescreen, which is in every home, on every street corner, and in every business is always watching. Orwell writes, ¨BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU¨ (Orwell 2). No citizen in a dystopian totalitarian government will ever have a say in what they believe in because everyone has been brainwashed to never question Big Brother. Currently, throughout the world there are signs of illiberal democracies; Nations that have the appearance of fair democratic elections, but the same leaders keep being voted into power. Forrest Colburn points out, “In contemporary democratic theory, political parties are essential building blocks. They have responsibility for aggregating public preferences, formulating plans for governing, and fielding candidates” (Colburn 77). It is the ruling party’s responsibility to not exploit its citizens. As for one person who has had enough of this government nonsense, he wanted to change and his name is Winston Smith. Winston was one of the only citizens in Oceania who stood up for what he considered to be what his opinion was. In the 1984 novel, Orwell states, ¨Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing.¨ (Orwell 3) Winston is staying true to himself and won't let anyone take that away from him or make him think …show more content…
In present-day Russia, President Putin has been in power since the beginning of the 21st century. According to Sarah Oates, ¨Whenever possible, the Kremlin is poised to exploit divisions among parties and even undermine trust in democracy itself through propaganda and misinformation¨ (Sarah 282). Leaders fear to lose their power. They use information as a weapon of control. Winston's job in the Ministry of truth is changing newspapers to reflect the party’s lies: “There was never any evidence. Just once in his whole life, he had held in his hands unmistakable documentary proof of the falsification of a historical fact¨ (Orwell 36). Changing the past to reflect the ideas of the present works because the people are
The main tool of control is the illusion that someone is always watching. The telescreen, which is in every home, on every street corner, and in every business is always watching. Orwell writes, ¨BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU¨ (Orwell 2). No citizen in a dystopian totalitarian government will ever have a say in what they believe in because everyone has been brainwashed to never question Big Brother. Currently, throughout the world there are signs of illiberal democracies; Nations that have the appearance of fair democratic elections, but the same leaders keep being voted into power. Forrest Colburn points out, “In contemporary democratic theory, political parties are essential building blocks. They have responsibility for aggregating public preferences, formulating plans for governing, and fielding candidates” (Colburn 77). It is the ruling party’s responsibility to not exploit its citizens. As for one person who has had enough of this government nonsense, he wanted to change and his name is Winston Smith. Winston was one of the only citizens in Oceania who stood up for what he considered to be what his opinion was. In the 1984 novel, Orwell states, ¨Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing.¨ (Orwell 3) Winston is staying true to himself and won't let anyone take that away from him or make him think …show more content…
In present-day Russia, President Putin has been in power since the beginning of the 21st century. According to Sarah Oates, ¨Whenever possible, the Kremlin is poised to exploit divisions among parties and even undermine trust in democracy itself through propaganda and misinformation¨ (Sarah 282). Leaders fear to lose their power. They use information as a weapon of control. Winston's job in the Ministry of truth is changing newspapers to reflect the party’s lies: “There was never any evidence. Just once in his whole life, he had held in his hands unmistakable documentary proof of the falsification of a historical fact¨ (Orwell 36). Changing the past to reflect the ideas of the present works because the people are