Achieving Totalitarianism in 1984 Before the concept of government existed mankind still attempted to gain dominance over one another. Once the concept was developed governments remained constant in their attempts to gain control of their people and other nations. Adolf Hitler and other dictators were prime examples of totalitarianism “attempt[ing] to control every aspect of its subjects, viewing any sign of independence as treasonous centralized party” ( Quinn 1). George Orwell noticed this tug of war for control and wrote about it in his novel. In George Orwell’s 1984, Oceania achieves a utopia through totalitarianism. Therefore, Oceania creates a utopia by control through Big Brother, love and sex, and newspeak. Big Brother creates what seems to be a safe environment for the people living in Oceania. Although there still remains social classes, proles, Inner and Outer Party, everyone is essentially equal in a sense. According to Morris, “ everyone’s privacy is violated equally,” and difference in social class doesn’t change that ( …show more content…
First, Newspeak is an evolved language that is critical to the Party’s control over the people. First of all, ‘[it] is a deliberately distorted language, designed to ensure the political enslavement of its speakers”( Morris 5). Second, “harnessing meanings is a critical component of propaganda of all sorts” (Morris 5). Third, “doublethink...to tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again,....to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies” ( orwell 214).
The removal of the emotional and physical expression of love First, it control diseases and population. Second, it’s a variable that causing people to make poor decisions and show weakness. Last of all, love causes