Examples Of Manipulation In 1984 By George Orwell

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Psychological manipulation is a form of social manipulation which aims to change a person both behaviorally and mentally, through underhanded tactics such as violence, deception, or even exploitation. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the tools the Party invokes in order to establish psychological manipulation would be things seen as common in the novel such as telescreens, posters, and even the false history spread throughout the citizens. In the novel there are many occasions in which those small things all around the characters are used as much more than just what they seem. The most common form of the psychological manipulation would be deception seeing as the Party instills such falsehoods into the citizens about the history, believing that doing so would entitle them to more power. The Party wishes to make power a priority above all by manipulating and belittling the people …show more content…

The posters were not nearly as used as much as the lies being spread throughout the inner and outer Party or even the telescreens, but Orwell made sure that the idea of posters watching over everyone was taken very clearly . The usage of the posters make a complete turning point involving the main character Winston. “It was behind the picture…”(221). As Julia and Winston were together just looking out the window and peacefully talking to each other, the peace was abruptly taken away by the voice behind the poster. The poster concealed a telescreen which was monitoring all the of secret rendezvous between the lovers, which puts them directly into the hands of the Party and basically deteriorates the relationship they had. The posters were a more sneaky convoluted tools which was much less known between Party