1984 North Korea

North Korea is a Totalitarian country that often uses many different fear tactics to control their citizens. “ Her brother who was arrested in China in 1994 for attempting to “defect” from the DPRK... As an example to others against committing similar “anti-state” offenses, he was tied to the back of a truck which took him to their hometown, Musan.”(North Korean control #3 doc A) Someone's brother was arrested in China for trying to defect from North Korea, and as an example, he was dragged around by a truck to show people not to try and escape. This shows that North Korea wanted to impose fear on their citizens, so they wouldn’t try to leave. “The woman she knew was lined up alongside eight other prisoners... her crime was having watched South

Being completely controlled and even afraid is a part of people’s everyday lives, those of North Korea. Hatred towards this totalitarianism is a philosopher and novelist, Ayn Rand. Rand has written a novel, Anthem, to display the impact of totalitarianism and how she opposes this type of system. Between the everyday life in North Korea and the dystopian society in Anthem, are many similarities and some differences. The structure of the governments, the state of the people, and the little progress made within North Korea and the society of Anthem can certainly be compared.

“It really is as if he got hold of an early copy of the novel and used it as a blueprint.” The novel, 1984 by George Orwell, is a dystopian novel published in 1949. This novel is based in London, Oceania. This was Orwell’s prediction of what future societies would be like. North Korea is a country located in East Asia that is ruled by Kim Jong-Un. Kim Il-Sung set up the government they have now, around the same time as Orwell wrote his novel. Many similarities and differences are present between North Korea and the society of Oceania, including the rulers, the systems of government, and the restrictions that are put on their citizens.

“1984” is a chilling dystopian novel written by George Orwell, set in the 1980’s, in London, in the continent Oceania. Oceania is ruled by the Party, and their dictator Big Brother. Big Brother controls Oceania through four ministries, Love, Truth, Peace and Plenty. Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, where he changes the dates, articles and photos of things to match up with what Big Brother is saying. Big Brother watches everyone through telescreens, which are in every room, and anyone who speaks out, or thinks to rebel, or even doesn’t get to their house at the right time, vanishes. “Big Brother is watching you” is the Party’s slogan, and is plastered all across London. In their society, the ideas of individuality, freedom and opinions

     In the novel 1984, Oceania is depicted as a totalitarian state. Oceania can be both similar and different compared to totalitarian states of the twentieth century, one imparticular, Germany’s National Socialism. Oceania and National Socialism are similar in several ways. A large part of the novel deals with the relationship between The Party and society. Many of the techniques used by The Party are similar to those used by Hitler. One of these ways, or techniques is propaganda. In Orwell’s novel propaganda was used through telescreens in everyone’s homes, which was a very easy way to broadcast the views and beliefs of The Party as well as control what the citizens of Oceania watched and listened to. Another form of propaganda in the novel is by the means of posters and slogans. In this society it as impossible to go anywhere without seeing a

We all use cell phones to communicate with people all over the globe or even a few blocks away. Cell phones can be tracked and used to “watch” the public. Our government allows themselves to listen to everyone’s conversations. In the novel, the party uses telescreens to watch over the people and check up on them. The federal government has a system very similar to this through security cameras and other means of communication. Also, the party uses the thought police where the people cannot have any thoughts against Big Brother or against the party. Winston states, “Big Brother is watching you”, (Orwell 2) and then he looks down at the caption. There is no privacy and nowhere to run from the party because Big Brother (federal government) is watching them at

The inner party also exercises physical control with forcing citizens to watch broadcasts and to do specific tasks. Citizens are forced to participate in workout sessions that are podcast over the telescreens. The society has to involuntarily watch all the news about government and war and they project on the telescreens. The profound machinery obtained can also do as little as monitor one’s heart. During a television viewing, Winston described how the struggle of acting normal was an occurrence with no breaks. He explained that, “To keep your face expressionless was not difficult, and even your breathing could be controlled, with an effort: but you could not control the beating of your heart, and the telescreen was quite delicate enough to pick it up” (79). With this description, we are able to cohere that the Outer Party members had to become extremely talented at not only external appearance, but internal reaction. One blunder to how the Big Brother sought to have the people act with the government, and there would be painful torture. With this kind of technology, Oceania is able to watch every single second of all their citizens’ lives. Another way they take advantage of their radical machinery is the Inner Party’s service of police. Because of the Thought Police, the smallest things could give a commoner away. These things included habits like “a nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to

Big Brother is able to control the minds of the Oceanian people so that there are no corrupt thoughts. Syme says to Winston, “[d]on’t you see the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought, in the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible” (Orwell 46). In order for Big Brother to stay in power, it is essential to limit the people’s ability to consciously make bad choices. This sense of being compliant and obeying every rule made by Big Brother is made successful because of his ability to limit the thoughts of the people through Newspeak. The rebellious protagonist of 1984, Winston, falls to Big Brother because of his manipulation. “The purpose, then, of totalitarian government becomes only that of sustaining its feeling of power. Winston’s final defeat is encapsulated in the last words of the novel... [H]is struggle is finished: “He loved Big Brother” (Franks). This poignant end for Winston proves that Big Brother can successfully control the mind of almost anyone, obtaining complete obedience and loyalty. Kim Il Sung was able to achieve this same manipulation in a much different way. The people of North Korea see Kim Il Sung as a brother. He was successful during his time manipulating the minds of his people to sincerely believe that he is a member of every individual North Korean person’s family. The North Koreans see Kim Il Sung as someone they can trust, so they refrain from ever being disloyal to

”Big brother is watching you” is a famous quote from George Orwell’s 1984 (1949). Taking place in a dystopian world, Orwell created the classical warning of a world without freedom of speech, where you as an individual must obey the rules of the authorities, otherwise your life was at risk. Although the book takes place in 1984, it was written in 1949. At the time, the soviet union had it’s rise, with Joseph Stalin as a main character. A man who was and is known for his dictatorship and inhumane leadership.

The Government is capable of controlling the collectives thoughts by using telescreens and doublethink, both of which promote compliance and ignorance among Party members. To begin, telescreens keep the society in a state of oppression as those who don’t comply to the Party’s ideologies are discovered through the device, and then taken to the Ministry of Love to be brainwashed into accepting the party’s principles. The device fulfils the constant need of broadcasting propaganda and keeping the entirety of the population under surveillance and in constant fear. The Party requires these machines as they ensure the absence of conspiracy and thoughtcrime throughout Party members. The telescreens are extraordinarily sensitive, capable of picking up even an irregularly fast heartbeat.

The Party naturalizes the dominance that it has in the way that it constantly conducts surveillance on its members. Through the use of devices called telescreens, the government is able to observe every movement and sound made in the homes of members, on the streets of Oceania, and in the workplace. These telescreens act as modern day webcams and make the government privy to all things going on in the city. The footage transmitted from these screens is monitored by the Thought Police, and it is this government body that determines whether or not one is guilty of a crime. Since the members of the Party are so accustomed to being constantly

The giant telescreen in every citizen’s room plays a constant stream of propaganda designed to make the Party appear to be successful and necessary in society. The telescreens also monitor behavior—everywhere they go, citizens are being watched and reminded by the large signs reading “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU,” which can be seen on every street corner. The Party sabotages family structure by forcing children into an organization called the Junior Spies, which brainwashes them to spy on their parents and report any sign of disloyalty to the Party. The Party also forces individuals to hide their sexual passion, trying to make sex just a way to create to party members. The Party uses people’s built up frustration by forcefully directing it towards the hatred of the Party’s political enemies.

Many countries believe that the use of propaganda helps to institute a necessary level of patriotism in their citizens. Most countries that use propaganda have an authoritarian form of government, the type of government that is shown in 1984. However, the use of propaganda also limits the freedom of people since propaganda can be used to control thought and speech. Propaganda can scare people into believing that the government is trying to appear to be the best country by either exaggerating the positive events that are happening in their country or by showing negative events that are happening in other countries. Orwell’s 1984 is more about the dangers of the government controlling thought by propaganda than the dangers of an

Most people probably think 1984 is completely fiction, but there are many drastic similarities between 1984 and North Korean Society. These societies have forced labor camps, powerful dictators or government parties, and the use of propaganda. Both of these societies slowly gained power over many years and took full control of their country or territory. On the other hand, they differ when it comes to they way they designed their governments. Both 1984’s and North Korea's societies are similar in the ways they control, torture, and deprive their people, but differ when it comes to government organization.

Many Totalitarian governments use fear tactics and terror to scare the people into listening to them. 1984 is a fictional story in which the government completely controls people's lives using terror and fear tactics, "‘We are the dead,' he said, ‘We are the dead,' echoed Julia dutifully. ‘You are the dead' said an iron voice behind them… ‘It was behind the picture,' breathed Julia. ‘It was behind the picture,' said the voice. ‘Remain exactly where you are. Make no movement until you are ordered'... The picture had fallen to the floor, uncovering the telescreen behind it."(1984, 221-222). Mr. Charrington, the antique store owner, rented a room out to the main character, Winston, and his girlfriend, Julia. In their society, there were thought police and telescreens. The telescreens watched people to make sure they stayed out of trouble and the thought police monitored the telescreens and caught people if they were doing something wrong. When the room was given to them, they were told that there was no telescreen in it, but later found out that there was a hidden telescreen and Mr. Charrington was a thought police who had been watching them through the telescreen. Having thought police and telescreens scare the people into doing everything they are supposed to do, everything the government tells them to. "Big Brother" is their leader, who tells them what they can and can't do, with no exceptions. By scaring and threatening their people, they obtain fear for their leaders instead of a relationship. In 1984, there are many examples of the relationship between the people and the government. For example, to keep the people in order and to remind them of the government and how they rule, there are many slogans posted all over the city such as, "WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS