Examples Of Power In 1984 By George Orwell

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Jasper Woodard Mr. Adams ELA 30B May 14, 2024. TITLE Sheer power over a society is the main goal of an authoritarian government and it seeks to achieve this through any means. People can become very impressionable towards their leader if all of the known information about the leader is positive. Information spreads like wildfire within societies, so a dictator will maintain all information if possible and keep what must be heard unobtainable. In the dictator's pursuit of complete control, they will manipulate information to create a more favourable image of themselves and keep the public at bay. With all the possible measures dictators could use to take full control of their country, the absolute best way to force loyalty within a society …show more content…

In Winston’s pursuit of learning and spreading real information to the people of Oceania, he was silenced by the unlimited power that the party had over him. Inside room 101, people with knowledge of specific facts that would disrupt the equilibrium the government has met with, containing information to force loyalty, are altered and kept at bay. Room 101 is used to control the beliefs of those who choose otherwise; “‘Then where does the past exist, if at all?’ ‘In records, it is written down.’ ‘In records. And?’ ‘In the mind. In human memories.’ ‘In memory. Very well done, then. We, the Party, control all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?’” (1984, p.124). Since the party is able to control people's minds, they can change what they believe happened in the past and can continue to maintain their absolute loyalty. Through the room's ruthless torture methods, it symbolizes the party itself by showcasing its totalitarian ways with its boundless power to do as it pleases. “The place where there is no darkness” is the spot where no light of truth is able to leave, making the everlasting falsehoods and corruption in Oceania continue to plague and force the people’s

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