Sitting in a dark room, thoughts swirling about how all that is left is work, no family; the world is grey, and all brightness is long gone. In Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, he portrayed the society leaders as totalitarians. Rewriting history, constant surveillance, and the cutting of family ties were all examples of how the government system in the story, referred to as the Party, was able to dehumanize the people of Oceania.
The Party set standards to control people’s minds such as rewrite history and create their own laws. Eventually, it became an admitted part of life that reality did not exist. All of society became so ignorant that acceptance was second nature, “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it… Not merely the validity of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy.” (Orwell 79). No benefit is given from being a human sponge, vulnerable to complete mind control. Doublethink was a way of speaking in society. It forced humans to rebut their own thoughts, but regardless say them anyway; “Doublethink means the
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The government took over the entirety of people, making them their slaves. Minds were controlled, souls were perished and bodies were taken advantage of. Humans were no longer humans when manipulated in such ways. Targeting every aspect of a human, the society in 1984 completely atomized all citizens. Having had this be the way of life since day one, there was no way to comprehend right from wrong, or reasonable from absurd. Ignorance is considered bliss? Manipulation is acceptable? Love is wrong? One may find it better to have your back turned to the person with the gun pointed at you, but as a human being it is more empowering to be able to look the shooter in the eyes before they pull the trigger, to challenge them with just a mere second of eye contact, to be able to have control of your mind, body and