Totalitarianism In Animal Farm

If a person has to choose between living in a society where they have an equal say in the decisions made about their lives and have freedoms to act as they please, versus a society where a leader has complete control over everyone’s actions and freedoms are taken away from the people, it seems obvious which choice would be made. However, oftentimes the latter is apparent. Dangerous totalitarian societies are evident in the novels 1984, Animal Farm, and The Hunger Games. 1984, written by George Orwell, is a novel revolving around a man named Winston who struggles in Oceania, a place where the Party scrutinizes human actions and has total control over its people. Animal Farm, another George Orwell novel, is an allegory to the events of the Russian Revolution where pig leaders rebel against the human owner of a farm. …show more content…
Written by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games is about a totalitarian nation, called Panem, which is divided into twelve districts. Each year, one boy and one girl are selected from each district to perform in the Hunger Games, a fight to the death to show retribution to a past rebellion as well as to provide entertainment for the Capitol. Totalitarian societies form so that the governments can have absolute control over the individual, and those in control grant neither recognition nor tolerance of those with different opinions. The ideology of most totalitarian governments restricts individual freedoms and leaders often use torture and fear to prove their power. This, along with other aspects of totalitarian governments, causes national conflicts, leading to rebellion. Although these governments may seem like they are helping the society, taking away basic freedoms is the beginning of a downward spiral that is taking away all freedoms from