Manipulation In 1984

George Orwell’s novel 1984 was written for the purpose of warning the world about the dangers of totalitarianism. A totalitarian government is one that attempts to totally control the lives of its citizens as a way to have full power over a community. Orwell used examples of totalitarian governments in his book, like Nazi Germany, to show the extent of control governments could want. The book was a close look into how a government used its power to control its people, while manipulating them into believing that everything was honest. The world of 1984 displays many examples of how a government uses manipulation to hold power over a body of people. George Orwell used monologues and symbolic language in his dystopian novel

1984 to convey a manipulative

During Two Minutes Hate,

Winston internally states that his emotions felt confusing when it came to Goldstein and the

Party(Orwell 16). Goldstein is meant to be a person for the people of Oceania to hate. The Party uses him as a way to make people trust them more and to ensure loyalty from its citizens. While the Hate was going on, Winston’s feelings changed from hating Goldstein to hating the Party

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instead(Orwell 19). His quick change of emotions is a great way to describe how difficult it is for

Winston to know who he trusts. Winston’s conflicting thoughts show that the Party’s manipulation has caused strong confusion in individuals. Thoughtcrime in 1984 is described as a crime punishable by death. Orwell uses terms like thoughtcrime and doublethink to symbolize how the Party is in control of the minds of the people. When a person commits thoughtcrime, they are being disloyal to the Party and Big Brother. Winston ended up writing about his hatred towards Big Brother and felt extremely fearful after realizing what he had written(Orwell 23).

Although Winston hates the Party, he is still afraid of death and what the Party could do to

1984 also depicts knowledge and language control throughout the book. The Party created a new language to further manipulate and control the people of Oceania. This language is called

Newspeak. Newspeak is used to decrease how much people think(Orwell 67). The language gets rid of certain words and replaces them with new words. This language control narrows how people think and makes sure everyone thinks in favor of the Party. Newspeak is being used as a way for the Party to make thoughtcrime impossible to commit(Orwell 67). The words in

Newspeak are words that have been simplified. Most words that could be used to go against the

Party have been erased completely instead of changed. The essay The Power of Manipulation and Fear in George Owell 1984 makes a great point about how the Party is aware that language is a means of communication and how limiting it depresses a person's ability to express

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themselves. The Party is taking away individuality and replacing it with a collective identity.

Once all individuality is gone there is no possible way for citizens to disobey their government.

Because the Party wants full control and power over its people, it will do anything to make