Examples Of Totalitarianism In 1984 By George Orwell

ABSTRACT

The novel 1984 by Georges Orwell was focused on the overall look at the world on how totalitarian government gained powering control over every aspect in life. The world was subsequently divided into three major parts; Eurasia, Anastasia and Oceania. All have been controlled by totalitarian Government which was known as the party and was represented by a dominance figure called “BIG BROTHER”, an existing symbol of the totalitarian party. It portrays a call for change and hope, a hope for individuality and social perfection. People are not consciously aware of what’s going on around and the author wanted to inform and educate people to pay more attention about the future of man and how to create a different society.
In this paper I

have researched and examined the book 1984 and review on how people’s behavior, emotion and personality can be affected by their ways of living and how they were treated by government authorities. In a depressing society with limited access where one’s life is constantly being monitored, and was not allowed to express their individuality even their thoughts and beliefs were being controlled. People were not allowed to have close friends, having sexual relations or say certain words. In a society with no freedom where one is almost none existed, everyone has to save their energy for the sake of the government.

In a social level all the characters in the novel are characterized as collectivist except for Winston; because all individuals have been subjugated and chained under one single set of mind for the party’s well being.

Everyone has collective actions and thoughts instead of having single identity. All had been monitored constantly via telesreens even at home. The party has even developed a theory the” newspeak” to simplify the language. A single society where free thinking, sex, rebellious thought all are categorized as crimes. In addition to this their personalities have changed and seemed to be confused no one really whom to trust; I also do believe even psychological disorders have come in play. No one really knows if big brother is truly is or if the brotherhood is a fabrication by the party to bring people down. Just take Winston as an example he even had bad feelings toward Julia which eventually became his love he had so many crazy thought about the party and even at work he seem to be disturb by others. Also both operant and classical conditioning had occurred in the society because there punishment and reward to those who follow the party’s protocol and people seem to do thing unconsciously due to the way they treated. (Orwell

1984).
I have strong feeling that the characters do have emotion and motivation; their emotions come to hate, because people consciously know that they have been treated bad. However, they could not do much about it and started to have animosity toward the party by restraining their free will and controlled. With the emotion come in play that gives them the drive to motivate and wanted to achieve that one goal of overthrown the party and in contrast to the mass the party’s motivation was to brainwashed and bring people down. Thus, their feelings are defined by their socioeconomic class; because the party seems to have everything and control everything no one has class. If one cannot even control over his personal state of being it is like there no sign life. In addition to that it is very possible for individual to have developed stress and depression that can affect their health mentally and physically; which can drive the desire to commit suicide, if greatly affected by social economic class. And I also do believe that their cognitive and mental abilities are affected by the class because no one has class and from what the party wanted people would have develop mental retardation, their cognitive abilities are not divergent everyone thinks in one single box.( Orwell 1984).
In my opinion I do strongly believed that every human being would have the desire to aim for freedom, because anyone who is opposed with something or cannot express their feelings would like to have change. In society we always looking for change but it’s not an easy task but to get something people need to strive hard. “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four if that is granted, all else follows”. (Orwell 1984, p81). For example many countries in the new world fought for freedom because they opposed to something which was slavery. Even in our society people are always standing for change and stand up for what they believed is right. In addition to this, I do believed there are some laws in the USA that are unconstitutional for example; federal gun law, abortion law, martial law, the patriot act and same sex marriage.

Progressivism is the support or advocating of changes made to improve or reform conditions in government and society.

However, socialism can be defined as a theory of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and controls the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. Whereas communism is system where all property is public and people work and are given things by the government according to their needs. This system was founded by Karl Marx. And at last Marxism is the theory in which says that society's classes are the cause of struggle and that society should have no classes. This system was developed by Karl Marx and Frederic Engels. In regard to all these other system I do believe that free enterprise is better because it is more liberal. Everyone has freedom due to as they feel this make the system better because completion comes along so everyone needs want to be winners; therefore better services and products new ideas always coming to play. Despites of all the freedom there is the government still has to come in and play the referee and set up some regulation that makes it works even

better.