The Corruption Of Manipulation In George Orwell's 1984

In 1984, the party obtains power by manipulation. The party uses doublethink, citizens consciously accept anything the party tells them, even if it contradicts their own thoughts on something they already know. For example, the party rewrites history to show their lies to be true. When Winston remembers Oceania having an alliance with Eurasia, he believes the party has said a lie because they state otherwise to the public. The party’s way is focused on “if all records told the same then the lie passed into history and became truth” (Orwell 34). In this situation, Winston is a victim of the party’s doings because he knew the lie and still believed it because he doesn’t have a choice to disagree. This shows that even a lie can become true. Newspeak
The party used war to maintain control over its people and continue the manipulation. The way war worked for the party was to keep Big Brother in charge, by creating an enemy that looked evil caused the finger to be pointed elsewhere other than Big Brother and the party. It also helped in creating a better view of the society as if this one was better than the enemy’s. This helped to keep the people in line as to the distribution of goods and maintaining control, “the primary aim of modern warfare...is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living” (Orwell 188). War is necessary for the party to maintain control over its people and being successful in creating the totalitarian
Ultimately, Winston betrays Julia because of his tortured experience and the two characters having different objectives, also influenced their betrayals. Julia was young and did not care for what the future held by the Party and the only reason she favored Winston’s views was for selfish reasons like personal pleasure. It is easier for Julia to betray Winston because she is not for the rebellion against the party for the same reasons. Winston however, was truly for the rebellion against the Party and for Julia because he believed she was as well. Winston’s experience with torture was the reason for his betrayal against Julia and was influenced by his goal to oppose the Party. However, he was only doing what the Party wanted him to do, which was to not love anyone else, except Big Brother. This is explained when Winston was analyzing the Party’s doings, “permission was always refused if the couple concerned gave the impression of being physically attracted to one another” (Orwell 65). Being in love is not only a feeling, but apart of love is showing physical affection, the Party did not believe in this. This reveals how Winston betrays Julia by calling her out for torture, because he no longer cares for her safety and this is what the Party wants. However, it can be assumed it was inevitable because I do not believe their love was genuine. The two used each other to only feel the human connection that was missing from society and Winston admired the idea that they shared