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Knowledge Is Power In George Orwell's 1984

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George Orwell guides his audience through the story with his main character, Winston Smith, while he deals with the challenges of his mind, the Party members, the Thought police, and lastly the imposing member Big Brother. The problems that Winston have falls in line with his memory the past as he remembers, while member of the party believes in newspeak, a way of thinking and speaking created by the though police and the ministries. Winston's thought is dangerous because they are regarded as rebellion against Big Brother. George Orwell uses the themes manipulation, knowledge versus ignorance, oppression, totalitarianism, and facing reality to show a totalitarian government utilizes to discourage free thinking.

" Knowledge is power"
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