Manipulation In 1984

There are millions of books in existence, but only one has the message and significance that makes it rise above the others. 1984 is a novel that uses a story of one man to show the issues of the entire dystopian world and government system. The main character undergoes a few large changes, all which explain the important main messages or themes in the novel, including that totalitarian governments are deeply flawed, manipulation is wrong, and self-expression is good. Still, 1984 has some more noticeable adult themes, like sexual content, possible pro-Communism messages, and possible anti-semitic messages, but these are not big issues. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) is the one book I would save, because it has strong messages

Firstly, the book has a strong point of showing that the totalitarian government featured is unjust and “wrong” compared to the way present day politics in America work, “the black moustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house-front immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deep into Winston’s own” (4). Even as early as the fourth paragraph of the book, “Big Brother” and the government are painted in a negative light, and this sense is felt throughout the entire novel.. This is greatly important, because in showing people how bad totalitarianism can be, the story gives the reader a negative connotation on this type of government, hopefully leading people to be against the unfair and unjust form of leadership. Secondly, the government's use of manipulation to the extreme in the novel is made to invoke a feeling of distaste from the reader, “and if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed - if all records told the same tale - then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past, … controls the future: who controls the present controls the past” (44). The manipulation by the government is written as an almost slimy and very sinister act by the Party. This causes readers to be against manipulation in hopefully any circumstance, creating a good message to leave with after finishing the book. Thirdly, many of the book’s ideas and situations mirror issues in today’s society, “every citizen, or at least every citizen important enough to be worth watching, could be kept for twenty-four hours a day under the eyes of the police …” (259). The idea of the government watching normal people without their consent in this book is wildly