Totalitarianism In 1984

Another proof of their potential is that they don’t have telescreens in their homes, unlike everyone else who does. By not having telescreens, the proles can roam around freely and conspire to overthrow the government because nobody is watching them. To illustrate this, Winston explains that they’d never rebel due to them being placid and being unable to focus on a main goal: “When they became discontented.their discontent led nowhere, because being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances”

Winston, a kind worker of the ministry of truth, undoubtedly liked her will to rebel, to him it was intriguing, but fishy. He quickly realized she was only a rebel from the waist down. Winston and Julia both rebel against the party in love, but while Julia's rebellion stems from her own selfish desires and works by defiance, Winston's rebellion manifests through the

Winston’s memories, relationships and interactions with others play a key role in his rebellion. Throughout the book Winston shows an affection towards Julia. Winston’s initial relationship with Julia is a political act, however over time he grows to care for her which is forbidden in his society.

and the Party administer more of an oligarchic government, while in the United States we have a

Due to Winston’s age, he has some memories of what life was like before Big Brother, but Julia is young and only knows what life under the power of Big Brother is like. Also, Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, where he deletes obsolete documents, when Julia works as a mechanic for the machines in the Ministry of Truth. Therefore, Winston is more aware of all of the lies Big Brother tells the people of Oceania. Winston understands the technique of using false history, but does not understand why Big Brother thinks it is necessary. At the end of the novel, Winston is able to admit to O’Brien, “Who controls the past controls the future.

The Party’s manipulative manner constricts the citizen’s individualism due to the fact that Big Brother is able to control the entire population by constantly watching, enforcing doublethink and enlisting the Thought Police. The Party’s

The Party has many ways of keeping their power. In their attempts to brainwash the people, they change the records of history so that anything the Party says is valid and correct. The Party is divided

All people in the Party are differentiated by their social status and rank in society. For example the proles are sectioned off in their own area with people of their own kind; they do not live amongst those of the inner or outer Party. Likewise, those of the outer Party do not live with those of the inner Party and vice versa. Also the higher you are in social status the more benefits and regulations you have. For example, the proles live in worse conditions than those of the outer Party but the outer Party lives worse than those of the inner Party. The proles do not work in the governmental departments but they outer parties do and with that come better housing and clothing but also more rules. The inner Party has more than everyone else in the Party besides Big Brother, they have the nice houses and the luxury items and they also have the better food. For example the outer Party members drink victory gin and coffee but the members of the inner Party have the real gin and coffee and other things like that. For the most part the proles are not monitored very much because they are not very smart and they do not know a lot about what is going on so they corporate with the government and believe everything that they say. But he outer Party is where the most monitoring is needed because these people know the most about what the Party is doing because they are the ones working in the governmental building where are all of the lies are being told. The inner Party members are able to turn off their telescreens whenever they want to because the Party does not feel the need to monitor them as much because they are getting the best of what the Party has to offer and most of the people are a part of the thought police or are very satisfied with their

And those who dissent will be vaporized, not only from living, but from ever existing in the first place. Giving Winston an incentive to have this conformative facade. The motif is the total control of information. Winston works in a department where he literally rewrites history to suit the needs of the party. Thereby, the party controls reality, something Winston abhors.

The government of 1984 is 100% totalitarianistic. The psychological deterioration of its citizens was insane. The living conditions were horrid and the simple necessities provided by the government were disgusting and not sufficing in the least. There was someone watching you at each second except in RARE occasions. Relationships were not allowed, and love was basically non existent nor was it permitted.

They have controlled certain aspects of government in order to maintain support from civilians. Through Big Brother, they constantly remind people that they are being watched and have stolen their support by manipulating them to love him. Through war, the Party unites and unifies citizens even if there is no actual conflict. And lastly, through education the Party rewrites history, limits civilian learning, and puts restrictions on language to rally the people. Overall, the Party controls many aspects of this dystopia just to gather

They change info to make the party seem right and everyone else wrong, even if an event occurred that didn’t really happen. It doesn’t allow for memories of the past, in any physical format, so all people don’t know their history only what is. Technology is also used for control, the party has hidden microphones across the city, and is able to monitor them. They also use language to control people, as they continue to decrease the amount of words in the dictionary every year. So that their wouldn’t be enough language to express thought and it would be impossible for people to be disobedient or rebellious.

They also constructed the society, it’s rules, normalities and have also made the telescreens. In 1984 it states “That the party was the eternal guardian of the weak, a dedicated sect doing evil that good might come, sacrificing its own happiness to that of others.” (pg 331/online text) What this quote explains is that the party controlled the weak, which is the outer members who have no control and are trapped in this society. To continue they treat these people terribly, trying to make something good happen by not sacrificing themselves but the others in the community.

This information is then fed back to the government services where they build a profile on Winston. This allows the party to use this information against him at any time they wish. For instance, at a moment when Winston and his partner Julia are sleeping in a room infested with rats, Winston has the following

A further important contributing factor, highlighting the importance of the party’s use of Big Brother in order to maintain control over society, is the lack of freedom, independence, and individualism of the citizens. The party is shown to destroy any sense of independence and individuality amongst its citizens, illustrated by the fact that they all wear the same blue uniform, eat the same food, and live in