The fourth and final ministry in the governmental structure is The Ministry of Truth, which is the propaganda ministry. They are involved with news, entertainment, the fine arts, and educational literature. The ministry’s purpose is the overall falsification of the historical events when they deem it necessary; they alter history by rewriting it in order for it to fit within the lines of the party, to add to the effect of its propaganda. This kind of ideal about the Ministry of Truth is displayed, as in the academic journal “Sex, Violence, and Concrete: The Post-War Vision of London in 1984”, the author writes about how the Ministry of Truth is an all-power exemplar of objectifying history (Phillips 71). If Big Brother made a prediction, and
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Of course, 1984 falls under this category, as its main theme through the course of the novel is a message of warning of the dangers and horrors of totalitarianism. His anti-totalitarian views were conveyed in his writings before 1984, but they have been consistent in appearing in all of his writings; in fact, within the academic journal “Self And Space, Resistance And Discipline: A Foucauldian Reading Of George Orwell 's 1984”, the author quotes Orwell, who says, “Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written directly or indirectly against totalitarianism” (Tyner 132). Having seen firsthand the cruelty of totalitarian governments in Spain and Russia, Orwell modeled 1984 on the ideal totalitarian society in order to expose the cruelty and destruction this oppressive governmental structure brings, and to sound a alarm to Western nations at the time to not let the Western side of the world resort to the brutish government structure of totalitarianism and to hold true to their democratic principles, solidifying them so they never can be melted away by the gruesome reality of a totalitarian government. To sum it up, the academic journal “1984” says, “The book stands as a warning against letting liberal democracy slip away or be extinguished where it already exists” (Rehnquist
Of course, 1984 falls under this category, as its main theme through the course of the novel is a message of warning of the dangers and horrors of totalitarianism. His anti-totalitarian views were conveyed in his writings before 1984, but they have been consistent in appearing in all of his writings; in fact, within the academic journal “Self And Space, Resistance And Discipline: A Foucauldian Reading Of George Orwell 's 1984”, the author quotes Orwell, who says, “Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written directly or indirectly against totalitarianism” (Tyner 132). Having seen firsthand the cruelty of totalitarian governments in Spain and Russia, Orwell modeled 1984 on the ideal totalitarian society in order to expose the cruelty and destruction this oppressive governmental structure brings, and to sound a alarm to Western nations at the time to not let the Western side of the world resort to the brutish government structure of totalitarianism and to hold true to their democratic principles, solidifying them so they never can be melted away by the gruesome reality of a totalitarian government. To sum it up, the academic journal “1984” says, “The book stands as a warning against letting liberal democracy slip away or be extinguished where it already exists” (Rehnquist