Although there have been several alternative interpretations of 1984, the most logical is that it warns us of dangers of totalitarian governments. In the novel, Orwell closely describes some of the most common tactics that totalitarian governments he was familiar with used to control the public. Among these were psychological manipulation, physical control, control of information and history, technology and language as mind control. So the novel seems to show us what would happen if these things were taken to their final result. One alternative interpretation is that it is a religious allegory. Present reasons for this interpretation; first Orwell was an atheist meaning that he was strongly anti-Catholicism which can lead many people to believe …show more content…
As previously mentioned, Orwell closely follows many of the tactics used by real world totalitarian governments in his novel. The use of psychological manipulation is a perfect example. In the novel, the party uses such things as tele-screens in every citizens rooms to broadcast constant propaganda messages to praise the parties performance; this is like CAN'T FIND EXAMPLE HERE. Tele-screens also monitor what citizens are doing always spying on them. They have BB reminders everywhere to make everyone feel they are being watched making everyone paranoid. They feel always scrutinized. This is a lot like the USA because we have the NSA that always tap into all of our devices and know everything we are doing. Finally the families of Oceania have their loyalty broken by inducting children into the party to act as spies in the family and reporting any rebellious acts performed by their parents. This almost mirrors what hitler did to the children of Germany; In Germany Hitler formed the Hitler Youth by controlling the young minds of children to do their bidding since it's easier to convince the young than adults and