Ingsoc

Dear O'Brien, Today, the purpose of this letter is to question you, just like what you have done to all your victims. However, I am merely asking you, not forcing you to answer by asserting “… power over another [man]”. Even if I did have the power, I would not do so, because I am human whereas you are an insane old creature with no kindness for others. Speaking of power, we have reached the purpose of my letter, power. It is not about acquiring power nor about power itself. We all know the…

Apartheid vs. Ingsoc “George Orwell’s 1984 is the expression of a mood, and it is a warning” (Fromm 313). Despite Orwell creating the haunting dystopia of Oceania as a warning to humanity of our self-destruction, the world seemed to go blind to its recreation in South Africa. Britain colonized South Africa and created a white minority rule, just as Orwell depicts the Big Brother and the Inner Party running Oceania in 1984. Both Orwell’s Oceanic world and the South African government formed…

The Party’s idea of english socialism, Ingsoc, lacks validity that upholds fabrications to sustain jurisdiction. Living under this tyrannical system, citizens have no scope of individual thought and are compelled to consent to the injustices enforced by the Party. Comparably, the thorough analysis…

Language has the power to give shape to thought. In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen-Eighty Four, the Party controls its citizens through language, in order to solidify its grip on power. This is done by restricting rather than broadening thought through methods such as ‘newspeak’ (Leah Beach “Language, Liberty, and George Orwell”). I will argue that the Party succeeds in doing this through application of the theory of linguistic relativity, which is a principle that holds that the structure of a…

Practically, every single aspect of the society in 1984 is controlled, especially where sexual desires, compassion, love and affection are forbidden and the phrase "I love you", is non-existent as it is prohibited by “The Party”. The rules of “The Party” state that, "The sex instinct creates a world of its own. The sex instinct will be eradicated. Procreation will be an annual formality like the renewal of a ration card. We shall abolish the orgasm” (337). It is understood that sex and its…

Throughout the biological evolution of mankind, there has also been psychological evolution affecting the species as a collective. Human nature has evolved and changed since the times of Homo erectus, providing us with a higher sense of morality and individualism. In many literary works, human nature is the dominating theme. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eight-Four is a satirical dystopic novel that follows the actions of a rebellious individual. Terry Gilliam’s Brazil is a movie set in the near…

Power is the ultimate goal of any leading government or group, but it is not easy to maintain. In the novel 1984, the author George Orwell explores a fictional dystopia which takes place in London, Oceania, Airstrip One. In this society the ruling oligarchy, the Party, has complete control over its citizens. The novel follows a rebellious man named Winston Smith who does not believe any of the propaganda or tricks that the Party uses, but in his society he must resist unorthodoxy or else he will…

Big Brother Is Watching You Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a world where you have no privacy whatsoever? Or live in a world where you are being controlled by the government? In the novel Nineteen Eighty Four, written by George Orwell, Orwell talks about Winston Smith, a party member, who has no freedom to do anything because “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell 2). The government, or in this case Big Brother, uses many philosophical tools to manipulate party members…

Newspeak is “the official language of Oceania and had been devised to meet the ideological needs on Ingsoc” (299). The purpose of Newspeak is to restrict the vocabulary of the inhabitants of Oceania in order to reduce the formation of rebellious thoughts. Parallel to North Korea, when Lisa Ling from National Geographic’s Inside North Korea asked: “Can…

Winston has an obvious inner hatred for the party, but he won’t act against them. He could be a whistleblower for Oceania, but due to the environment of fear that has been forever present in INGSOC Winston is unable to expose the government’s immoralities with a substantial impact. Nobody even would believe him due to the amount of control the party holds. A key difference between Winston’s society and society and the modern United States can…