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. "
There have been many recorded attacks on colored people in the history books. Trayvon Martin was a colored seventeen year old from Miami and was fatally shot by George Zimmerman. The murder of Trayvon Martin was a big spark in the movement of Black Lives Matter also known as #BLM. The #BlackLivesMatter movement has been spreading all around the world for around 3-4 years and was initially created after the murder of Trayvon Martin by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi. The killing of Trayvon Martin had near to no reason behind it.
In the novel 1984, outward conformity is crucial to the survival of the citizens of Oceania. One character in particular who practices this extremely well is the main character, Winston Smith. He not only conforms outwardly, but also questions his society inwardly, due to the overhanging fear that Miniluv will find and torture him. Winston constantly questions Big Brother and all of the laws that the citizens of Oceania are required to obey while also inwardly questioning his forbidden romance with Julia. Without this rising tension throughout the novel, 1984 would lose its suspenseful tone and would easily lose the focus of readers.
In the world of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the totalitarian regime of one of the three superstates, Oceania, was known as “The Party” . In order for “The Party” to constantly maintain complete control of the minds of the party members, they instituted principles such as “doublethink” (as described in this quotation). The principle of “doublethink” is instilled in the minds of party members since birth. In essence “doublethink” allows for two opposing thoughts to reside in one’s mind while both are taken as the absolute truth. By instituting this principle “The Party” is able to control the minds of the masses simply by stating a fact because party members are taught that every word spoken by “The Party” is truth.
This example explains the goals of Newspeak as a whole. Even in the future of the party the slogans and news will change to where only a few words will be needed to explain anything. This next quote goes in deeper about how old speak will in longer exist in the future. “"By 2050, earlier, probably – all real knowledge of Oldspeak will have disappeared. The whole literature of the past will have been destroyed.
Lucy Hough Mrs. Anthony Lang & Comp 17 April 2024 Manipulation in 1984 Manipulation is something that almost everyone has interacted with at some point in their life. Whether that was a toxic relationship, a job you had, or experienced through government; it is something that we can not most times avoid. George Orwell’s 1984 displays this manipulation through their corrupt government in several different ways throughout the book. As someone who lives in a country with a government that is not corrupt or manipulative, it is easy to depict the obvious warped government setup throughout 1984. George Orwell's 1984 conveys real-life obstacles people experience by showing what manipulation looks like in different forms.
War is Peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. These are the beliefs that the citizens of Oceania, in the novel titled 1984, written by George Orwell. Conformity can be defined as a social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group.
The human psyche, an incredibly complicated part of us, which science still has yet to explain. We only have some insight to what our conscious and unconscious minds hold for us, though theses insights are merely theories. Friedrich Nietzsche; a German philosopher, composer, poet, philologist and cultural critic, came up with an idea called the will to power. Nietzsche argues that we, as humans, exercise power over others either to benefit them or to do harm. In addition, he also contrasts between “master morality” and “slave morality”, which by creating values, imposing them on people, and judging the world based on these values, is a noteworthy way to express the will of power.
Conformity is present in every society. It is normal that every individual in a society do their part to live in agreement with others, however, it gets out of hand when people start assuming that individuality is harmful. George Orwell's book 1984 is a dystopian novel in view of a political party that controls the residents of Oceania. Steven Spielberg's Minority Report is a futuristic film based an association called pre-crime which anticipate future murders and keep them from happening .Through steady observation and purposeful publicity, Through constant surveillance and propaganda, strict conformity among citizens and the general presumption that dissent and individuality are foreboding is maintained in George Orwell's book 1984, as well
No matter what the intent, manipulation of a person has the shared purpose of gaining control over them (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). The texts 1984 and Memento use different facets of manipulation to bring out different emotions and attitudes in the audience to characters and events. 1984 is a novel detailing the fall of Winston, a closeted rebel in an oppressive society where the government has gained totalitarian control through psychological manipulation. This text has a pertinent association with Christopher Nolan’s Memento, a film about a man named Leonard who struggles with a memory condition, causing him to be manipulated by himself and those around him.
In 1984 by George Orwell, the author includes numerous logical fallacies to enhance the plot of the novel. Orwell utilized the Appeal to Authority, a claim from the authority without evidence supporting the claim. According to The Party, the government of Oceania, “ Oceania was [always] at war with Eurasia [however Winston had a clear memory of] … Oceania [being] in alliance with Eurasia (34).” This is one way The Party controls the thoughts of the citizens, additionally, they publish up-to-date documents, and abolish previous records of new concepts. If people disagree, those Thought Criminals are dealt with by the Thought Police through techniques of mental and physical pain.
In George Orwell's novel, 1984, the theme of free will is developed throughout the book by the characters' thoughts, actions, and words. The first example of the development of the theme of free will is glimpsed through Winston’s thoughts. In the Party, there is the idea of thoughtcrime, which implies that people can make conscious decisions that are against what the party considers good. Thinking submersive thoughts and even having an improper facial expression can make someone guilty of facecrime and/or thoughtcrime, so keeping emotions in check is crucial in the Party (“1984”). Winston is convinced that his thoughts are his own, and that they are not put into his head by the Party.
In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, he uses truth and reality as a theme throughout the novel to demonstrate the acts of betrayal and loyalty through the characters of Winston and Julia. Orwell expresses these themes through the Party, who controls and brainwashes the citizens of Oceania. The party is able to control its citizens through “Big Brother,” a fictional character who is the leader of Oceania. Big Brother is used to brainwash the citizens into whatever he says. Orwell uses truth and reality in this book to reflect on what has happened in the real world such as the Holocaust and slavery.
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
The party believe that destroying words will inevitably prevent power from slipping through their fingers. Values such as ‘honour, integrity, morality, etc’ cease to exist. In chapter five, Syme explains to Winston, “We’re cutting the language down to the bone. Newspeak is the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year”. Through this quote, it is easy to interpret that ‘Newspeak’ is merely used to restrict the freedom of expression.
