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A Comparison Of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984

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Whenever there is political corruption, power and control are involved. Although there are a few similarities between Castro’s dictatorship and Big Brother’s totalitarian from 1984, not many parallels can be seen. As someone who controls Oceania, Big Brother is known to be very powerful. He has the ability to manipulate his party members into thinking that he is superior. Oceania itself is divided into three different classes: the Inner Party, the Outer Party, and the Proles. The members of the Inner Party—the upper class, live their lives with more leisure than the other two classes, since there are more resources available for them. They have access to personal servants, and better food produce, whereas the materials that the Outer Party members get is ordinary. The Inner Party members can unplug their telescreens, which are huge monitors located in homes that record movements and sounds, without having to worry much, but if an Outer Party member were to unplug it, they would be accused of committing a thought crime. Committing thought crime can lead you to end up in the Ministry of Love, where the Inner Party members torture you into loving Big Brother. The proles however are not affected by any of the rules. Therefore, they are free to live as how they like. …show more content…

Even though Castro was a communist dictator, Cuba developed significantly under his control. As the world’s longest-serving domestic leader—nearly half a century, Castro’s name is permanently linked into Cuban

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