Ingsoc

moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts." If the highest point is control over thoughts, then the lowest point must be when individuals have no control over their own minds. This is evident in Orwell's 1984 through Ingsoc regime's philosophy on thought control where people don't have freedom of thought. Another example is Stanley's criticism on 1984 where he illustrates that by controlling what is in the minds of people, government puts individuals in a state of…

Orwell illustrates how the fall of capitalist regimes leads to the implementation of governments that reflect totalitarianism and fascism. He is able to amplify this warning he is delivering to the audience by contrasting Oceania with Western Europe at the time Orwell was alive. One country that Orwell critiques in particular is London England. He paints this image to the readers by exaggerating the circumstances of the oppressed in society. Orwell creates a futuristic perversion of London…

Unlike the movie, Orwell 's intrinsic meaning and ability to encapsulate the spirit of his totalitarian dystopia stems not from his dialogue or characterisation, but from his essays. He was often able to truly dive into the nature of the INGSOC regime through his pages of explanation as to how they maintain such control within their society. For example, at the very beginning of the book, Orwell lists each of the government agencies and their perceived roles within…

Who Governs Your Life? Had we lived in a police state, this essay probably would not exist. Although many may have begun to think otherwise especially after recent events with regards to one 's privacy or the sudden need for censorship, I assure you, we do not live in a police state. In the contemporary world, the only parallel to the dystopian world George Orwell depicts in his book would be North Korea. Fortunately, the majority of the world have progressed past this form of government to a…

Individual texts are influenced by specific contexts of which they are produced, alas they are representative of their given society’s politics and prevailing ideologies. Fitz Lang’s silent, black and white film, ‘Metropolis’ and George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’, similarly delve into differing dystopic societies reflective of their individual contexts. Both texts effectively explore autocratic control imposed on societies through the manipulation of technologies, oppressive nature of fascist…

. Written in his famously acclaimed 1984, George Orwell quotes the famous slogan of the English Socialist Party of Oceania, “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is strength.” The three string of phrases is what one would call contradictory phrases. They are polar opposites; They are complete one-hundred-eighty degree turns. How can the beginning words be so similar to the final words of the phrase? This is what Oceania (AKA Big Brother) is doing to its citizens. Even the children are…

the very word has never entered his vernacular? As stated in the novel’s appendix, “The Principles of Newspeak,” the purpose of Newspeak is “not only to provide a medium of expression for the world view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.” By revising and shrinking the human lexicon, the government can do the same to the minds of its inhabitants. In the haunting words of O’Brien, power “is tearing human minds to pieces and…

Big Brother is here. Big Brother is there. Big Brother is everywhere. Big Brother is ubiquitous here on Earth, Napoleon and the other hubristic pigs are watching every move that is made by anybody at any place anywhere in the world. Both novels that are written by George Orwell, Animal Farm and 1984, contain the common qualities of totalitarianistic governments such as: being ruled by a single party and having total control of the military, communication, and the economy. Big Brother in 1984 and…

Figurative Language Paradox: "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength." This phrase is mentioned frequently throughout the book and is one of the three slogans for INGSOC, the English Socialist Party. Their goal is to gain control over the minds of the people, and dictate what they think. One of the main brainwashing programmes used by the party was "doublethink". "doublethink" is the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradicting beliefs as correct. This helps the…

for years. I dare say it works in a lot of cases. But of course you can never tell; people are such hypocrites” (132). The Party’s willingness to make gender a non-issue demonstrates how the Oceanian rule solely encourages love for Big Brother and Ingsoc. Insert transition As opposed to the Oceanian rule, the government in the Polish People’s Republic did not attempt to treat all genders identically. Instead, gender stereotypes would be embraced within Polish society. Whilst men were expected to…