Topic > The Dystopian Novel 1984 - 643

As Eric Hoffer once said, "The savior who wants to turn men into angels hates human nature as much as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets."{This quote defines} In 1984 dystopian novel, written with the aim of warning readers about totalitarian government and how it can affect society. 1984 expresses a wide variety of examples that present a corrupt state, using manipulative propaganda, changing history and torture, then coming to understand the dangers of unethical government. Official government communications to the public designed to influence public opinion. Information can be true or false, but it is always carefully selected for its political effect. This is called propaganda. The party bombards Oceania society with false information designed to overwhelm the mental capacity of humans, flooding fabricated information in order to take over the thoughts of the individual mindset. A giant telescreen inside each citizen's room broadcasts a constant marathon repeatedly describing the difficulties and inadequacies of the party's victorious gains. These television screens also monitor behavior and wherever citizens go they are always followed by the big man behind the screen, the “big brother”. The statement is clarified at the beginning of the book “Big Brother is Watching You”. (Page 4). It is not only adults who are manipulated, the party was also found guilty as it created an organization called “Junior Spies”. This organization alters children's reality by turning the family to the police, regardless of whether or not they are disloyal to the party. Overall this shows that the government in the novel 1984 is very corrupt. Even if the party that manipulates... middle of paper... controls the past and controls the future. Whoever controls the present controls the past..” (p.260) The Party has a complete policy in the present, which allows it to control the way its subjects think and interpret the past. By controlling the past, the Party can justify all its actions in the present. Checking the past history of innocents shows that a totalitarian government can pose many dangers. Overall, Orwell portrays the perfect totalitarian society, the most extreme imaginable realization of a modern government with absolute power. In the dystopian novel 1984, written with the aim of warning readers about totalitarian government and how it can affect society. As the reader understands through Winston's eyes, The Party uses a series of techniques to control its citizens, each of which represents an important message in the novel..