Examples Of Deception In 1984 By George Orwell

Throughout history deception has been one key factor into killing democracies. For example, in 1984 a book written by George Orwell describes what the world would be like if people lived without democracy and what kills democracy. In 1984 deception has blinded the people of Oceania to the truth. As people live in fear and deception their minds start to believe it's true. The deception being the propaganda, hate rallies, and forced beliefs that Big Brother is right in what they are doing. Another example would be social media today. This is one of the greatest examples of the truth being lost in the purpose of views and likes. While all choices involve costs in a democracy, the main cause to the corruption of democracy is the truth is expendable

if not examined due to no piece of information should be taken at face value, and truth is better realized after examining your own chains.

Some critics argue that the destruction of democracy is that absolute power corrupts absolutely. In 1984, Big Brother has control of all the people living within its boundaries. As Big Brother realizes that it’s in control it takes a dictatorship. They do this by putting up telescreens that monitor all the people that work in that society. When Big Brother suspects that people are up to rebelling they pay exeter close attention to them and make sure that if they are a threat to the dictatorship that the people are either brainwashed or killed. This is how as Big Brother acts when it knows that it has absolute power and doesn’t want to lose it. This view seems plausible at first but, when people realize that they have power they can’t keep the power without bending the truth to stay in a respected power. In 1984, Big Brother makes it look like its enemies are at fault for problems so that the public supports them. This is why the truth is expendable if not examined.

Additionally, one way to better democracy is examining your own chains before determining the truth.

Given that George Orwell’s occupation was a English novelist, journalist, and critic his opinion that totalitarianism is wrong is not surprising because as a kid growing up in India and England he was brought up as a socialist. In 1984, Winston starts to look at his own life and the job that he has to help realize that what he is doing is wrong. He also tries to remember what is was like before Big Brother and he remembers his parents and he doesn’t know how they disappeared. Winston also starts a journal to keep track of all the dreams and thoughts he has. Furthermore in 1984, Julia knows that Big Brother is controlling the public so in her way of rebelling she has sex. One of the rules by Big Brother is that people are not allowed to have kids or any type of relationship unless permitted by the government. Julia knows that there is not much she can do to change the future but as she examines her own life she comes closer and closer to the truth. Winston and Julia looked at their own lives to help figure out that Big Brother was controlling the public. They did this by looking at their everyday lives, like the constant playing propaganda for Big Brother, the forced hate meetings, morning exercises by the telescreen. These all contributed to them checking their chains and finding

truth.

Furthermore, information can’t be taken at face value. As mentioned above, Big Brother used a lot of propaganda to help brainwash and convince people that Big Brother is good. Big Brother also uses propaganda to help gain support for the constant wars that Oceania is in. People living in this society don’t know that this fake news is fake. Nobody in this city double checks their sources of even thinks twice about what they read because any thats all the kind of news they have ever been exposed to. Moreover, in today’s world people believe whatever they see on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Snapchat, and Instagram. Because social media is so biased today and people are just looking for views and likes people can’t believe the stories that they see on social media, if it is true it will be on multiple reliable websites and it will be the same as the other sites, the story won't vary between sites. It has gotten to the point that Facebook is now working on getting rid of their “What’s Trending” page due to the fake news being posted on it. Given that Facebook is a public posting website, Facebook's opinion that fake news is wrong is not surprising because the creators don’t want people to think that Facebook is a fake news producer. If people would not believe information they see right away without checking democracy would run and thrive better.

To conclude, truth is sometimes clouded due people not checking their sources.

As people look back at history they will see that little posts on Facebook and Twitter can be all lies. It’s not hard to make a post, all you have to do is create something that will draw people's attention. Even if you have to smudge the truth a little. When people find something on the internet they automatically think that it’s true, but in reality news stations sometimes have to “spice” up stories to make people watch their station. This is how the truth is sometimes expendable because the little change of words in a quote could change how people view the story. This is why people need to check who they are watching and shouldn’t take every word said is true unless heard by multiple reliable sources. As we as human beings move on, people need to remember that everything on the internet, new, and social media is true. If you want to know if the piece of information is true look it up, if it is there should be a couple reliable sources that have almost identical information. If you can’t find the same information then it is obviously fake. To help create a better democracy always remember to double check your sources and always check the world around you, because you never know what is true or

false.