State Of Paranoia In George Orwell's 1984

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In a totalitarian controlled society, the people must be continually kept in a state of paranoia in order to maintain complete control. In George Orwell's novel, “1984” (1949), the people of Oceania are kept in that state by the Inner Party. This must be done, without it, the people will revolt. The only reason they have not done so yet, is due to their lack of actual memory and knowledge. The people of Oceania are taught their whole lives to conform to the party and their ideas, and that the party knows best. It is not easy to keep an entire populous in a state of paranoia for such a long time, to “erase” any memory or idea that may be against the party's beliefs. It is not an easy feat to control an entire population such as Oceania. They must monitor their people through the use of telescreens, microphones, and cameras 24 hours, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year, to prevent the spread of “false” information, that is not part of the party’s strategy. Not only do they monitor their people, they control the media, control their emotions, control their feelings, and they instil fear into the people; who do not conform to the Party’s beliefs. The people of Oceania believe that they will be taken, tortured, and/or vaporized by …show more content…

Power can not be obtained without having some control, but if you do not maintain that control, there is no longer any power. That is why the citizens of Oceania are controlled and monitored all the time by the thought police, telescreens, and other invasive tactics of monitoring, because if the Party loses control, they will fall out of power. Paranoia, fear, and ignorance are crucial to the advancement of the party and their ideas. However, a society can not truly survive, with such control being implemented. The people of Oceania are blindly trusting their government, with no actual knowledge of history, what has really happened, or what is happening in the

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