Examples Of Dehumanization In 1984

All humans have basic rights that they are entitled to. Without these rights, they would be no different from one another or have any type of individualization. Free thought and independent decision-making are some of the most important, and obvious, rights we as humans have. To be human means to be equal to those around you; to have your basic birth given rights taken away from you is dehumanization plain enough for anyone to see. In order to keep control, the Party takes away rights such as creating bonds, access to true information, and obtaining privacy under the guise of bettering its citizens.

Since the day the Party has taken reign over Oceania, its citizens have had no definitive truth whether what information was factual anymore.

The Party does not want people forming loyalties to anyone else other than them, but hides this fact by suggesting pleasure is the root cause of destruction. To make it seem like they are helping citizens instead of holding them back, the Party allows residents to let out their pent up emotions and animosity during the Two Minutes Hate. This may seem ideal, but in reality, it does not help the people of Oceania since they still have to limit their range of emotions. They can only express hate during this time, no love or appreciation. No matter what circumstances, limiting someone else’s emotions is dehumanizing and immoral.

Privacy, one of the highest prioritized human rights, has since been denied to citizens for as long as the Party has been in power.

“The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard... You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized”