Theme Of Totalitarianism In 1984 By George Orwell

The sentence “ I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered “ suggest that the government had so much control over the people and hence were capable enough to force every citizen to forget that day ever happened in the past. This links to the point affirmed earlier about totalitarian governments being controlling. “There are of course those who do not want us to speak” implies the fact of fear that has grown in people since the government came to power. The fear of dying or being tortured has apprehended over them and made them weak to show their human rights to the government. The statement made by V, “where once you had freedom to object, to think and speak as you fit” also relates to the fact that …show more content…
Controlling and persuasive as the government is, they have the massive amounts of power in their hands. They have the capability to do anything. Due to all the power, they became corrupt and dominant. As described in the first chapter of the book, the setting of the book seems to be portrayed as a dystopian setting. This is because by the end of the first chapter of the book, it endured a very brutal, classified and punishable death. In the book George Orwell wrote “the world looked cold” and “though the sun was shining and the sky harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything”. These quotes relate back to statement made earlier about the setting being dystopian. The words cold and harsh sky symbolizes that the atmosphere was dull and gloomy. “No color” represents a boring atmosphere that no one lives in. It also depicts lack of happiness. The qualities of totalitarianism read in the first chapter of the book are lack of individuality, strict laws, propaganda, secret police, symbols, surveillance, lack of freedom and control. Strict laws are outlined in the book as a law that everyone must follow during the government’s decisive reign. No personal affect is the law that the people must follow. Personal affects are items that a person is connected to or adore due to various reasons. Secret police are known as thought police in the movie and they are disguised when they are in public. This is mainly because they want to keep their identity hidden from other people. The thought police are able to read peoples minds and examine their feelings. Normally there are disguised, as their duty is to execute the rebellious characters from their