How does someone acquire power? How do they keep the power they tried so hard to obtain? Power is about greed. It is obtained through multiple forms of manipulation, including physical and psychological means. Psychological manipulation is at the core of retaining power, especially in 1984 written by George Orwell.
In a book of many mysteries, surprises and assumptions there will always be one person or a group of people in charge. In "1984" a suspicious man called "Big Brother" is the man in charge. If he is even real. The more believable people in charge is "The Party. "
In 1949, an author by the name of George Orwell decided to put the tragedies that were happening in real life onto paper to create a frightening story that would haunt several generations. In the thrilling dystopian novel 1984, tells of a story of a new world that is filled with manipulation, fear, control, and a brainwashed public. This world depicts a government who is everywhere, sees everything, and controls every aspect of every person's life. Not only is the government controlling the public, but they are also in the media. Mainly the news being the source of manipulation, many stories get rewritten and several words get cut out of the news every day.
Through the entirety of the novel, manipulation over the human mind has been boldly shown. During the midst of torture Winston is asked, “... Do you see five fingers? Yes.” (Orwell 213). After days of torture Winston is finally manipulated to the the point where he believes that two plus two equals five.
A totalitarian government requires its citizens to be recluse, fearful and hateful to remain in power. In 1984, a novel by George Orwell, the ruling party breaks conventional relationships such as families to refocus all the trust and love in those relationships to Big Brother. They also create fear and use it in excess to control the citizens and their actions but most importantly, the strongest emotion that the party uses in their favor is hate. Hate along with fear, and the lack of strength in traditional relationships allows the government to have absolute control over its citizens, which it needs to remain in power. First, the party disconnects traditional bonds and relationships in order redirect all love, devotion and trust
In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the overbearing government of Oceania, Big Brother, controls and monitors everything its citizens sees, hears, and believes. In order to gain absolute loyalty from its citizens, Big Brother has control over every aspect of their lives, prohibiting them from using their own minds and causing them to fully depend on Big Brother. Through the use of manipulation and fear, Big Brother and the Party are able to decide what is real and what is not real. Big Brother believes that in order to gain absolute loyalty from its citizens, it must control everything, from the spread of information to media.
Edward Shin Thesis and body paragraph revised Through the motif of manipulation of the public and the motif of degrading humanity with literal understanding of key parts, Orwell develops the theme that by influencing public emotions, the government can gain total control over the public, however hope will remain. In the novel 1984, Orwell uses a key event that builds on the motif of manipulation of the public to build on the theme. In various occasions, the emotions of the public are affected in ways that control through force cannot. The Hate is an event designed by the party to, well, hate.
1984 Essay There’s no point in trying to fight the government; it will always have control over us, no matter how hard we try to fight it. Americans are like the members of Oceania in Orwell’s 1984 today due to the use of photo and media manipulation by the government in order to rewrite the past. Some people may believe that the government does not have complete control because the public voices their anti-government opinions through protesting, but little actually comes out of these protests. Manipulation by the government has been proven time after time in America, and Orwell predicted that.
Winston, on the other hand, feared the party’s complete control on society and his own life. Continuing on, the party only cared to hold complete power and to force its followers into remaining loyal only to Big Brother. Families were weakened as children were manipulated to turn against their own family members. The party created the organization, Junior Spies, to brainwash innocent children for more power and loyalty to Big Brother. When Mrs. Parsons asks
Winston also had a secret notebook that he would write down his thoughts in which was not allowed by the party. Those who were younger than Winston had no memory of what life was like prior to the Party. The party's role on their people may be seen as irrational authority. Fromm gives an example of irrational authority when he writes, “The interest of a slave and master are antagonistic, because what is advantageous to one is detrimental to the other” ( Fromm 577). This is exactly what is happening between the party and the people.
Conformity can often be a complicated subject when it’s perceived in relation to individual pursuits and desires. In life, people may frequently experience difficulty when attempting to balance the need to succumb to their desires, and the need to conform to what society deems as acceptable. In George Orwell’s “1984”, the protagonist Winston is used to represent the effects of fear, the influence of others on our decisions, and excessive control over free will is used to convey the inner conflict experienced when a person has to choose between two oppositional ideas; personal desire and conformity. Firstly, it would be fairly logical to make the assumption that a person has free will over their identity and the choices they make, however
George Orwell conveys government corruption in his dystopian novel 1984 to show it was a current issue. In the novel, there’s a lot of evidence of misinformation. The government in the book 1984 burns books, tells lies to their people, and even brainwashes their citizens.
Government Manipulation in 1984 People generally rely on the government as a source of protection and stability. However, the government does not always have the citizens’ best interests in mind, as shown in 1984. The government has the power to distort realities and the ability to detect the truth. They can manipulate, or influence people’s minds without them even knowing. George Orwell’s 1984 uses a futuristic dystopia to show how the government is able to manipulate human values through the use of fear.
In the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, the government of Oceania controlled the citizens through a variety of ways, one of the most important being psychological manipulation. 1984, written in the perspective of a man named Winston, told a story of a dystopian society where the nonexistence of privacy lived primal and the society lived in a state of everything, almost everything, being controlled. The man, named Winston, did not agree with the way the government psychologically manipulated people into doing what they wanted. For example, the slogan “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” (page 4) manipulated the society’s citizens into believing things that were not true. Many other examples of psychological manipulation
When Faced With Tyranny When one is faced with an oppressive government, they can lose control over all aspects of their daily lives. It is also easy for one to lose authority over themselves when faced with a stronger force. What might one’s response be when they possess little to no control over their lives? Many people may blindly follow society, but others might choose to disobey the rules. In 1984 by George Orwell, Winston Smith’s defiant nature and curious attitude display that one may turn to rebellion when faced with tyranny.
