Essay On 1984 Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism is a government controlled society where the citizens have no power in any situation. Hitler's Germany, Stalin’s Soviet Union, and Mussolini’s reign on Italy are perfect examples of this type of government. The government has almost total control over its citizen´s lives, desires, and actions. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the concept of totalitarianism was brought to the eyes of the reader. The party is always watching its citizens. In a totalitarian government language regulations, as stated in 1984, is a mean of controlling the citizens of Oceania. Language regulations will minimize a human's brain capabilities. How is one to think for themselves if there are no words to describe their thoughts? They would not be able to comprehend the thoughts they have, mainly because they do not have the words to make sense. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the party tries to make the vocabulary small. The party rewrites the dictionary every year with fewer words every time. Syme, a ¨friend¨ of Winston, is responsible for making the dictionary. He tells us that one day people will not understand conversations we have today

People need to have words to explain feelings and thoughts. In the novel 1984, Orwell shows that Winston cannot feel sorrow or tragedy of his family’s death because he does not have love and happiness. The words for such feelings do not exist to these people (Orwell 28).The party takes away feelings and replaces them with a term called doublethink. Doublethink is have two contradicting thought or feelings in your mind, or brainwashing. People need specific words to explain their feelings in certain situations, but all they can think is what the party tells them. Some people would argue that feelings are not needed. They say, in 1984, that the people only need to feel the way the party wants them to. The point is, people cannot argue their side of the story without words to explain