Examples Of Brainwashing In 1984 By George Orwell

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1984, The World we all want to live in
After concluding this novel, is there any person who would want to live in the city of Oceania? Under a dystopian government, no one is safe; making citizens live in hazardous conditions while causing fear around a country is a way of exerting power. Throughout the whole novel of 1984, George Orwell has created a government Party that rules the city of Oceania; the Party has very distinct ways of making the population sedated and controlled. Brainwashing economic controls, and violence and torture are some examples of how the Party maintains authority over their people.
Brainwashing is the biggest influence that Orwell works with in the novel. The INGSOC language is part of that act. Newspeak …show more content…

Pornographic magazines, unlimited beer, and a lottery that will never give out an honest prize compose the scenario they are accustomed to live in by the Party. Sedated by the Party’s gimmicks, Proles do not protest against the maltreatment of the government; making them believe they have everything they need, when they live in an unsafe country. In Part 1 of the book, Orwell talks about their way of life; he says “They were born, they grew up in gutters, they went to work at twelve, they passed through a brief blossoming period of beauty and sexual desire, they married at twenty, they were middle-aged at thirty, they died, for the most part, at sixty” (71). Born into Oceania’s government involuntarily, they are the forgotten species that will never emerge and grow; the Party has designed their life, even before Proles come to the …show more content…

Within its walls, they have complete authority to torture the prisoners and make them believe the Party’s dystopian way. Winston is undergoing this torment while facing his “friend” O’Brien whose task is to accomplish loyalty from Winston to the Party. Taking into consideration that Winston is the narrator of the story, his thoughts on the Party are not the ones expected. Winston is a tough case to crack for O’Brien because of his rebellious mentality against the Party. O’Brien is a Party fanatic, working as an inner Party member; his mission is to convert Winston to being sane. Enduring the torture, Winston listens to what O’Brien is saying “You are flaw in the patter, Winston. You are stain that must be wipe out. … When you finally surrender to us, it must be of your own free will” (255). Emotional affliction is the way that O’Brien attempts to discipline Winston; he accomplishes his objective by making Winston confront his fear of rats. He betrays his lover Julia by desiring his suffering to her. This indicates that Winston learns to live the life of the Party. In the end, the war with Eastasia is over, Winston sees Big Brother on the telescreen as the protector of Oceania. This settles Winston’s love towards Big Brother.
Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding!

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