Difference Between Freedom And Control In 1984 By George Orwell

Learning the difference between freedom and control
Throughout the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, control and freedom are a great premise of the book. Though by definition they have inherently opposite meanings, they are viewed as the same thing to the majority. But, why would any person with a conscience come to the belief that to be free, is to be controlled? Though one's mind is very powerful, it’s not hard to fall into a mental trap and be forced to believe something untruthful when something higher is controlling people, leaving them to lose their individuality and forget what they once thought to be true. Students should be required to read this book, in order to have a better understanding on how to identify a dictatorship.
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Connecting to real past events and to the novel, Hitler and Big Brother (or the Party as a whole), had a large rule of supremacy within their societies. In 1933, The Nazis, under Hitlers command, wanted the Germans to not only support the Nazi dictatorship, but to believe in Nazi ideas and be loyal. In order to achieve this, as stated in the article Nazi Propaganda and Censorship, “[the Nazi’s] tried to control forms of communication through censorship and propaganda. This included control of newspapers, magazines, books, art, theater, music, movies, and radio.'' As younger people are more prone to getting easily influenced compared to adults, the Nazi’s put great effort into surveillancing

As stated in Stanford's Medicine Children's Health web page, “ from ages 12 to 18, children grow in the way they think. They move from concrete thinking to formal logical operations - each child moves ahead at their own rate in their ability to think in more complex ways. Each child develops their own view of the world.” Mentally, adolescence is the most vulnerable state in a person's life. This makes it the best time for a student to read 1984, especially in 2023 as politics are becoming more controversial, so personal opinions and morals are what matter most. The novel would also show students the importance of acknowledging the truth, which is something the Party didn't do; “if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future.”(Orwell 34) The horrific accounts in the novel could become true if people are not conscious of the possible consequences of an authoritarian government. It would be beneficial to learn from what may seem like an unrealistic story, as events in the novel could be avoided by reading this book at a comparatively young age, so students could identify the importance of being able to live without control early