Theme Of 1984 By George Orwell

George Orwell’s novel, ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ (1984), and Gibney’s documentary, “Park Avenue: Money, Power, and the American Dream,” depict both a bleak fictional future and nonfictional lifestyle that explore themes such as totalitarianism, power, and corruption. Living in a world with our governments having absolute control over individuals, representing the abuse of power by distorting the truth, suppression of freedom and destruction of humanity. These works illustrate the danger of surrendering individual power to the government and the subsequent loss of our rights. Through their powerful portrayal of these concepts, Orwell and Gibney serve as cautionary voices urging us to remain vigilant in protecting our freedoms. Orwell and Gibney

Likewise in the documentary where the wealthy and powerful have used their power, to control the media, education and laws to maintain their position of privilege, resulting in the loss of freedom for the majority of Americans. Losing their freedom meant losing their privacy, their own speech, and thoughts. Telescreens are placed everywhere and “it was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time” which are used to enforce the Party’s ideology. Newspeak “narrow[s] the range of thought” eventually to completely limits freedom of thought and expressions, so they cannot form an independent thought. Similarly, in Gibney’s documentary an example of removal of freedom is through Paul Ryan a former politician that got the food stamp program cut which “more than half the population rely on food stamps.” The extent of Paul Ryan’s ability to accomplish the task at hand can be attributed to his position of power, and if he had been living in the Bronx, he wouldn’t have the ability to do this. We are so blinded by the exploitation of individuals with greater power then us, which Gibney and Orwell clearly represent in their works. Gibney clearly depicts how we are removed from freedom through the way the concept

The main message conveyed by Orwell is that the political leaders are selfish and conceited as they use their political position to achieve their goals, taking rights away from people. The Party has such a huge influence on the people of Oceania that they have so much control of every aspect of the citizens’ lives and choose to use this power by taking away their rights instead of using their vast influence that they have over citizens for the greater good. This dehumanising nature represented by Orwell that “The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake” has given us timelessness of warnings about the way the government controls us for corporate gain. Correspondingly, Gibney portrays the wealthy as they take advantage of their power and wealth for their own personal gain. An example of this is wealthy individuals will push for what they want, and they do this by employing a lobbyist to prevent or pass a law that will impact them positively as they “manage to rig the rules of the game in its favor”, which usually will affect those living in the Bronx negatively. The government is making it difficult for those living as a lower-class citizen to maintain a job, because they want to cut government spending. Gibney uses the film technique juxtaposition to show the contrast of the horrific conditions that the people in the