Totalitarianism In George Orwell's 1984

1948, a few years following the end of WWII, was a time in which the soviet union had taken a totalitarian control over Europe and the people were not as aware of the potential dangers as they should have been. George Orwell drafted his novel 1984, not to give an accurate prediction of what would exactly happen in the year, 1984, but rather to illustrate to the people all over the world that if they do not stop and prevent the government from manipulating and taking control over their lives and thoughts then the world itself would be unable to prosper and everyone would become subjects of the government with no individual success or purpose. His main protagonist, Winston Smith, is meant to illustrate that waiting until it is too late to attempt

He is responsible for rewriting the past and writing the determined present and future, allowing him to know the real truth and the presented truth. As he does this he learns the ways in which the party and the inner party have manipulated the people, changing their beliefs, their knowledge and their ways of life. When Newspeak is presented, most citizens accept it as another way to help the people protect themselves from danger, when in reality they are just limiting the people’s freedom of expression. According to Harold Bloom there are two argued purposes of newspeak, “one has linguistic worries that were groundless and that language obeys laws that government can’t interfere with, or that Orwell’s linguistic insists now that language is easy to neutralize and suppress the people” (Bloom). Orwell presents two given interpretations in order to further separate Winston from the rest of society; as most citizens accept their new language as laws the government has placed that are forbidden to interfere with, Winston sees it as another easy way for Big Brother to suppress and neutralize the people. Orwell further elaborates on Winston’s individual understanding when he allows Syme to risk his own life whilst entrusting the future of Oceania within Winston’s intelligence. Syme convinces Winston through a series of praise, including, “You haven’t a real appreciation for newspeak Winston...even when you write it you’re still thinking in Oldspeak” (Orwell,51). As Syme proves to Winston that he has yet to conform and will fail to he presents many reasons not in, those in which Winston realizes he has already considered,furthering the idea that Winston will never be able to conform and he is too involved in the government, as well as intelligent to become so easily neutralized by Big Brother. Syme goes on to argue, “In the end the whole notion