Totalitarian Vs. Totalitarian Government

Julia significantly builds up the unorthodox character of Winston. Together they perform several acts of unorthodoxy including renting the room over Mr. Charrington’s shop, sexual acts which initially are merely political acts, and consuming black market products such as ‘real’ coffee, ‘real’ chocolate and ’real’ bread. Without a question, a large aspect of Winston’s relationship with Julia is his intense desire for human connection, which has been denied to him by the party. He wants to be called by his name instead of “comrade.” He wants to touch other people and interact with them in genuine ways.

     Tired of feeling the way he is, with the monotonous struggle of everyday life Winston decides to oppose the party in more real ways; and begins to deviate from certain set behaviors to free himself from this bondage of the party. “To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone-to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone”(25-26). He has realized what the government does to people; how everyone is made to be the same, where no one is allowed to think on their own. The party is omnipotent in all affairs and he will not go along with it anymore. Winston has made up his mind; he is going to do everything he can to bring down the party. He and Julia go to O’Brien’s apartment one afternoon, and Winston’s true hatred is revealed. “We believe that there is some kind of conspiracy, some kind of secret organization working against the Party,

Continuing on, there is a party member by the name of O’Brien who interests Winston, because he thinks that O’Brien is in a group named, “The Brotherhood,” which is an organization that secretly opposes the ruling party. Eventually, O’Brien talks to Winston gives him a book which was written by Emmanuel Goldstein; a former top member of the party and the man who started The Brotherhood. In the book, they are supposedly supposed to learn the how and why of the revolution. O’Brien then tells Winston that he is,

Through the beginning sections of the novel, the severity of the consequences from Julia and Winston’s affair become quite prominent after the realization that they are taking part in one of the ultimate acts of defiance to Big Brother. Because Julia and Winston are risking a lot to be with one another, the secrecy of their relationship is a key factor in the suspense that builds towards the climax of the story. The suspense greatly affects the plot of the story by

In 1984, the ultimate form of betrayal is introduced when The Party causes Winston to betray his own mind and accept their views, and love Big Brother. It the beginning, Winston stresses the importance of keeping your own thoughts, in a world where other opinions and alternate accounts of past events are being forced upon the population. Winston points out that “Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.” and thoughts like this become important to the reader, who, as Winston does, believes that they are safe in his head as a facet of his character (Orwell 29). However, the torture in the Ministry of Love gets to Winston, and he begins to lose his individual opinions. O’Brien systematically removes all rebellious thoughts in Winston’s mind, replacing them with the ideology of The Party. In doing so, it is as if they are killing a character. When Winston is released he behaves like a new character altogether, he loses the battle with himself and betrays his original opinions against The Party. In using self-betrayal to show

Winston a grey and rough skinned, emaciated, fearful, thirty nine year old man with a varicose ulcer on his leg, who hated a woman named Julia. Winston described her as not handsome, attractive, natural looks, and he liked her hips. Winston has many thoughts about mortally wounding her. (Winston) Julia a twenty six year old woman, known as a rebel from the waist down and she’s a product of the Party. Julia wanted to experience love with someone, in this case Winston. Why did Julia like Winston? One reason Julia liked Winston happened to occur because he wanted to revolt against the party. (How) Winston’s rebellion takes place on a more "intellectual" level than does Julia 's. (How is) Winston hated

A totalitarian state is a state that controls the entire government by a single power. To be considered as a totalitarian state, the country must have several characteristics. However the totalitarian states have different characteristics from each other. All the totalitarian states have two things in common with each other. They must have an ideology that applies to all aspects of life and outlines mean to attain a final goal, which is to create a utopian society. They must also have a single mass party. The dictator controls the governmental systems. They will get rid of other political parties in that country. They do not like alternate views so they monitor all types of communication very closely so the alternate views would not be spread

Having a passionate relationship is no longer a foreign concept to Winston, he now loathes it. When having a conversation with Julia he thinks, “. With Julia, everything came back to her own sexuality." As soon as this was touched upon in any way she was capable of great acuteness.”. Winston does, in fact, enjoy the sex, but after seeing Julia for months at this point, he realizes their differences. Julia is focused on having a sexual relationship with people, but not committing anything that would affect the integrity of the party’s rule. When Winston thinks, “ With Julia, everything came back to her own sexuality”, it is showing the signs of a disconnect. While the love for Julia has not changed in this passage, his quest for anti-Big brother actions is not fully satisfied. The physical relations between Julia and Winston only scratches the surface on what Winston desires.

As stated in the American Heritage Dictionary “A totalitarian government is a government where the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life.” This means individuals are subject to the authority of the state and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed. The government of Oceania in 1984 eliminates freedom through Newspeak and the Institution of Thoughtcrime. For the average people of Oceania it is unheard of to question the government or wonder about past events. It is a crime to express one’s personal thoughts and this is why in the novel Winston hides his diary because he has written that, “Freedom is the freedom to say

The effort the two lovers must put in to see each other is unthinkable, as they must avoid telescreens and microphones almost everywhere they turn. When Mr. Charrington allows them to use his room without a telescreen, they take full advantage of it. Seeing as Winston is still married to his wife and sexual acts are illegal, Julia and Winston defy the Party in more ways than one. Winston has changed from full obedience to the Party to defying it due to his outsized amount of hatred for Big Brother. Julia and Winston engage in negative talk about the Party, which puts them subject to arrest.

In short, totalitarian means a political system that has complete control over all aspects of people's lives. The very same tome that I previously quoted from contains this definition of dictator: "Dictator

A Totalitarian state is defined as a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures. A Totalitarian state aims to establish complete:

The most basic characteristics of a Totalitarian state, are lack of free speech and state control over the media. This is important to establish social control over the state. Lenin's described free speech as 'bourgeois prejudice',

Individuals who believe that this political concept is impossible, are incorrect. In fact, our nation has a few over obsessive controlling leaders such as North Korea. From the article “Modern Examples of Totalitarian Regimes”, the author shares with the reader, why North Korea is considered a Totalitarian state. The article reads “North Korea does not tolerate any public deviation from the official line. Only one TV channel. Rules through a one rule party and a dictatorship. Mishandling a portrait of Kim Jong- Il is considered illegal. Public executions and torture are showed everyday (Amindu

Julia and Winston meet with him to join the brotherhood. As members of the brotherhood, Julia and Winston will have to be “prepared to cheat, to forge, to blackmail, to corrupt the minds of children, to distribute habit-forming drugs, to encourage prostitution, to disseminate venereal diseases -- to do anything which is likely to cause demoralization and weaken the power of the party” (172). They are willing to help controlling but are unwilling to betray each other. O’Brien gives them a copy of Goldstein’s book and the last line of the song that brainwashes.