Totalitarian Leadership

The great, overlooking aura that is Big Brother is perfectly exemplified in a quote, “It is the hard and reflecting eye rather than the eye itself that seems hostile” (Lyons and Orwell 42). In this book, the people are not certain that Big Brother exists, yet he holds the most power in the entire nation. The threat of abuse in any form for disobeying the Party is what makes Oceania the perfect dystopia. The Party controls everything, even though the people may not accept it. They use force and intimidation to control. Telescreens watch over every move made by every person. There are helicopters full of thought police flying overhead looking for the slightest disobedience to be punished. The Party cheapens sexual pleasure by putting it into

In Orwell’s 1984, he displays psychological manipulation through Oceania’s government which it uses to control its citizens. This includes the use of propaganda, control of content, and ethnocentrism. The Party’s methods of control relates to real life events repeated in history such as the Nazi Regime from 1933 to 1945 headed by Adolf Hitler and common patterns in cultural history.

The setting of Orwell’s novel, 1984, is placed back to the times in the State of Oceania. The social structure is strictly divided into three groups: The Inner Party Members, Outer Party Members, and the meaningless Proles. The Inner Party Members live fancy lives, they have access to wine, as well as real coffee, tea and cigarettes with good tobacco (Orwell 178), they keep all member of Outer Party under close supervision, while Proles “must be kept in subjection, like animals”(Orwell 74). It is extremely important for the rest of the population to think that they live in good conditions and that everyone is equal. As a result, no Outer Party member or Prole may venture into the Inner Party. The patients of the Mental Institution that is set in Oregona, are also divided into groups: the

In 1984, the people of Oceania must dress similarly, talk / behave similarly, and must Participate in the same activities mostly at the same time that all others must as well. People in the Ministry of Truth wear the same type of ugly, shapeless overalls in different / bland colors. Party Members are expected to have the same rations, take the same Victory products such as cigarettes, gin, and razors. They must also participate in youth groups such as Spies / Anti-Sex League, daily morning exercise routines, community hikes / marches, and Hate

Additionally, “in keeping with an ethos of ethical responsibility, this process of CSR should involve employees and others” (Strand, 2011, pg.88). Whenever leaders and team members are participating in teamwork, they should not be prideful or manipulative nevertheless, to encourage an open communication with other colleagues to minimize the confusions. Moreover, this participative approach encourages teams’ collaboration, participation, and where the leaders are modest and nurturing. In this participative approach, leaders and teams should become more accountable and advantageous to stronger CSR embracement than a tyrannical leadership approach.

1984 has come and gone. The cold war is over. The collapse of oppressive totalitarian regimes leads to the conclusion that these governments by their nature generate resistance and are doomed to failure. The fictional world of George Orwell's novel, 1984, is best described as hopeless; a nightmarish dystopia where the omnipresent State enforces perfect conformity among members of a totalitarian Party through indoctrination, propaganda, fear, and ruthless punishment. In the aftermath of the fall of capitalism and nuclear war, the world has been divided among three practically identical totalitarian nation-states. A state of perpetual war and poverty is the rule in Oceania. However, this is merely a backdrop, far from the most terrifying

“...on being called here to ascertain witchcraft he felt the pride of the specialist whose unique knowledge has at last been publicly called for” (Miller 1146). Hale had faith in his religion and the government, which were essentially the same thing. Hale believed wholeheartedly that he was doing the right thing. When Hale came to Salem he was proud, courageous, happy and excited. Waiting for the opportunity to help people. He didn’t want to get the devil out of people he wanted to put faith in people. Truth, kindness, faith, goodwill, hope and harmony was all that Hale wanted to bring. This is who he was, and he became something completely different. He was righteous and faithful. And then he was just sad.

Love is both the foundation and the weakness of a totalitarian regime. At the heart of any totalitarian society, love between two individuals is eliminated because only a relationship between the person and the party and a love for its leader can exist. The totalitarian society depicted throughout the Orwell’s novel 1984 has created a concept of an Orwellian society. Joseph Stalin’s Soviet regime in Russia can be described as Orwellian. The imaginary world of Oceania draws many parallels to the modern day totalitarian regime established by Stalin. For example, in the novel it was the desire of the Party to eliminate love and sex, in order to channel this pent-up passion towards the love of Big Brother. Similarly, Stalin used propaganda

Citizens in the society believe they live in a utopian society because everyone in society is identical to each other, so everyone shares the same basic roles, and all things the party tells is true, as everyone believes what is told to them whether it is a lie or not. Propaganda is evident almost everywhere, but one that keeps being brought up is ““WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH”” (Orwell 4). People in Oceania conform to a certain image, and is shown when Winston says “Nearly everyone was ugly, and would still have been ugly even if dressed otherwise than in the uniform blue overalls.” (Orwell 60). All of the sentences from the first quote “War is peace, Freedom is slavery, And Ignorance is strength” are propaganda, and more in depth, doublespeak. This is a large aspect of society because it is basically the motives behind how the government controls the society. People in Oceania dress the same, work at the same places, and follow the same rules; you cannot be better than someone

     Many features of Orwell's imaginary super-state Oceania are ironic translations from Stalin’s Russia. In Oceania, the Party mainly uses technology as the chief ingredient to implement a psychological

Even though the government was strict many people still rebelled against them. For instance Julia got chocolate from the black market and she also has had sex with hundreds of party members. This proves how the people were still able to find pleasure but eventually they would get caught by the thought police. Who are basically the police of Oceania and watch everything the people do. They are the ones who catch the people who rebel and then torture them until they understand to listen to Big Brother and all three slogans. Later on when the people get brainwashed and start agreeing with the Party they are killed.

Life in Oceania is dull, lifeless and described as ‘swimming against the current’. Orwell creates a dire feeling of hopelessness through his destruction of friendship, family, love and individual thoughts. Love and sex are no longer accepted under the totalitarian regime and Winston is therein forced to suppress all his sexual desires treating sex as merely a procreative duty. His marriage to Katherine was purely ‘[their] duty to the Party’ whose end was the creation of new party members. This shows that in a totalitarian world it is wholly necessary to adhere to the constraints enforced by a government not only for personal salvation but also for the survival of the entirety of the human race.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart" (Naked Eye View). When investigating the integrity of the overly patriotic country of Oceania in George Orwell's 1984, one discovers that there is an extreme lack of regard for the values which modern day citizens typically cherish. In Oceania, rudimentary concepts such as independent thought, the right to privacy and free speech are nonexistent. Is there anything to be learned from such an undesirable form of society? Alarming connections can be made to real-world government activities inside the United States when you take a close look at the cruel and unusual world

History reveals that when a totalitarian regime seizes a nation, violence and brutality are often utilized to take control of its citizens. 1984 depicts a world engulfed by the totalitarian ideology. George Orwell applies cruelty as a way to condition the people of Oceania to abide by the philosophies of the Party, Oceania's ruling body. Although the Party promotes ideas of welfare and diligence, their true intent is to accomplish complete dominance over every facet of humanity.

They believe and worship whatever the leaders have to say to them. Winston in the Ministry of truth begins to realize that his job is nothing like it sounds like. This society changes old history, along with altering facts and making change seem insignificant. When the leaders change major historical and economic events like, “At just this moment it had been announced that Oceania was not after all at war with Eurasia. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Eurasia was an ally”(Orwell 180), it just does not seem to affect the citizens of Oceania in the slightest. The citizens of Oceania sit back and act as if this piece of information is irrelevant and nothing has changed nor affects their lives at all. This is due to the fact that they are limited in the amount of education and vocabulary that they have readily available to them. The citizens of this terrible society are also under the impression that they cannot even think something bad or else they will be punished for it. Everything is out of the question when it comes to freedoms, “A party member lives from birth to death under the eye of the Thought Police. Even when he is alone he can never be sure that he is alone...He had no freedom of choice in any direction whatever”(Orwell 210). The people of Oceania are under constant surveillance and have no freedoms at all. There is a