Examples Of Power In 1984

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. Furthermore, his idea holds true in the novel 1984, written by

However, it’s not as dynamic, relationships aren’t based on trust or mutual likings, but are based on Party survival. It’s prevalent in the family relationship, which is shown through the Parsons’s. “With those children, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror”, here it’s depicted that family life is difficult, no one should be trust and children are feared (24). With no trust, a strain is caused by a The Party’s influence which breaks up families. The influence mostly effects children, it gives power to children, which causes them to abuse it and assert it on their own family. Subsequently, Winston faced this as well, he was faced with the power of being the “man” of the house, though in the novel Winston refers this to being a “the boy”, of course being a child, he was full of nativity and abused this power (134). He had abused this power so much so that it caused his own family to leave him, something not uncommon in Oceania nor in today’s society. As times change relationships are harder to make, but can easily break. Orwell constructed a scenario in which the family life is under attack every second of the day, this isn’t too far off from today. Now, we see families splitting due to a political aspect, as well as an economic aspect. Here, Orwell draws the conclusion that when it comes to family, power is a destructive force that can cause a divide within