Oceania

In order to gain the complete control of a country, prices need to be paid. In George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, the Party gains it’s power by controlling the lives of citizens. The Party immobilizes people by the actions through the phrase “Big Brother is Watching You” and “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength”. The methods in which the Party immobilize people include the manipulation of relationships, the invasion of privacy, increased class disparity, freedom…

As these devices pick up even the slightest of movements and quietest of sounds, citizens of Oceania are restricted from having any moment in time solely to themselves. Consequently, the Party is always present within their lives and influences their behavior, which eliminates all forms of peaceful solitude within their lives. Bernstein asserts…

In George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel 1984, rebellious Winston views the totalitarian government of Oceania as constantly removing society’s freedom and mentally enslaving them to maintain control. Throughout his difficult conflict between himself and the government, he seeks out many other rebels and experiences an illegal love affair, yet he becomes paranoid of the cruel government arresting him for his crimes. Initially, Orwell portrays Winston as a secretly rebellious ministry worker. At…

The novel, 1984 by George Orwell, showcases the community Oceania through a hierarchy of three distinct classes: the Party, Outer Party, and Proles. The system this novel displays is an authoritarian government with the figurehead being Big Brother. The Party has the authority to make decisions on war, food rationing, surveillance, economic distribution, criminal trials, and many other policies through its accumulated power. However, this system has evolved into a dictatorship that requires…

current situation, North Korea’s dictatorship does. North Korea is currently lead by Kim Jong-un whose face is plastered on buildings much like that of Big Brother, the leader of Oceania. The totalitarian style government in 1984 has many similarities to North Korea’s present form of government. Citizens of North Korea and Oceania are both very similar in the way that they live, unaware…

to personal data of the person and be able to watch after every citizen. In less developed countries, the infringement of civil rights is usually manifested in the form of an open totalitarian regime managed by a dictator. The peculiarity of the Oceania state in the 1984 book is that this country uses both forms of population control: hidden surveillance of citizens, and forced open "elimination" of people who do not fit the regime's system.…

Written Assignment The passage I have chosen to analyze from the novel 1984 spans from the last paragraph of page 28 up until the midway point of page 29. This section introduces the reader to the three mantras of the reigning political party of Oceania, which are “War is Peace”, “Freedom is Slavery”, and “Ignorance is Strength”. This gives us insight into the oppressive utopian society depicted by the author, George Orwell, and emphasizes the fact that the citizens are induced into believing…

Big Brother is the supreme leader in Oceania, and he is treated like the almighty God. No one is above Big Brother, and no one will ever be. Big Brother will never die and the Party will never end, because Big Brother is just and idea. Oligarchy An oligarchy means the rule of the few, and…

Necessity of Knowledge and Truth Many view democratic values and freedoms as necessary for society, but as shown in 1984, they can be easily lost. Democracy is defined as the power being in the hands of the people. In contrast, the novel takes place in Oceania, a totalitarian community where the citizens are closely monitored and have almost no rights. In his novel, 1984, Orwell uses this totalitarian dystopia to prove protecting knowledge is necessary for democracy and freedom. First, Orwell…

social guides, along with establishing the laws in society that govern how people carry things out in life. It provides a basic foundation of how people establish a relationship with everyone and everything around them. There are many religions in Oceania that impacted and determined how Indigenous people lived their lives, but the main ones that influenced them the most are Mana, Animism and Totemism. Mana is a supernatural power of life force. All things have Mana. Animism are individual…