Comparison Of 1984 And North Korea

Krish Jajodia
Mrs. Durrett
English 10 core 6
19 May 2018

1984 and North Korea 1984 represents a dystopian world which is run by a totalitarian government. Although the Inner Party have most of the power in this book, a possible fictional character called Big Brother is essentially the supreme leader of Oceania. “The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. . . . Power is not a means; it is an end . . . not power over things, but over men. . . . In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement. . . . There will be no loyalty, except loyalty toward the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. ( Orwell

The same could be said for North Korea. Kim Jong Un and a small group of military officials have the power to control the people in North Korea. One of the biggest similarities between Oceania and North Korea is Newspeak. In 1984, Syme tells Winston, “‘Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it” (Orwell 67). Newspeak is the official language in Oceania. This language was made to prevent any possible rebellious thoughts. Newspeak cut out all the relevant words which which being used which meant that thoughts were being simplified to the point that people would only need to say one or two words to express their feelings. An example for this would be saying “ungood” instead on not good. The word “not” doesn’t have to be in the sentence since it's not important so by taking it out and putting “un”, they can simplify the thought. Newspeak words were divided into three distinct groups which were the A Vocabulary, B Vocabulary, and C

At first, Winston believed that two plus two was four but because of all the torture, he was forced to say that it equaled five. In 1984, through the Ministry of Truth, Winstions and his other colleagues are meant to change history to make it seem as if Big Brother has been with them forever. While changing one of the documents, they had to create a person known as Comrade Ogilvy. Nobody knew if he was real or not but they had to believe he is. He portrayed the perfect citizen and people were forced to look up to him even though he was made up. In North Korea, the Koreans don’t have any access to the internet. The only people who could use the internet are the military officials and high ranking people. This forces the Koreans to believe Kim Jong Un (BBC). Several governments feed their citizens propaganda, however, North Korea leeds all the nations in feeding their citizens with propaganda. “For North Koreans, the 1950-53 Korean War that pitted the North Koreans and Chinese against U.S.-led United Nations troops -- known in Pyongyang as the Fatherland Liberation War -- remains in full tilt. The two sides may have signed a ceasefire in 1953, but the war still looms large in the North Korean psyche.” (Ebsco). This war ended almost 70 years ago, however, North Koreans are still told that this war is still active. Kim Jong Un has all the power within himself