Animal Farm Lies=Failure

Lies=Failure To have a functional society there must be a trust between the people and the government. A functional society is defined by how they treat their people, if they lie their people will not respect them. Due to the fact that the government in 1984 and Animal Farm lie to their citizens, their societies are a failure. In 1984 the government says that its citizens are free to do what they want but that is a lie. This is because the people actually live in constant fear of telling the facts due to the fatal consequences that would follow. O’Brien says, “Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two makes four, if that is granted all else follows”(69; Bk1, ch.7). The citizens in 1984 are in constant fear of saying the wrong thing and getting shot which is not the definition of a free though society. A free thought is where people can think what they want without the fear of getting in trouble. As it shows in 1984 when someone has a thought they have to keep it in or they will be imprisoned. This is the definition of a non-successful society. If the government can lie to its people nothing will ever change and nothing will have the chance to get any better. If someone is naïve of the fact that there was a better time in history before the dictatorship they see the present as better then before. Due to the falsifying of documents of history in 1984 it seems as though the party is the best to all of the people and that they are getting better, when in all actuality that is not the case. Winston says,” If the party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that event, it never happened-that, surely was more terrifying then death”(34; Bk1, ch.3). If the government is saying that something did or did not happen they are altering history, which is lying to its people. Winston states,” Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right”(155; Bk.2, ch.5). Due to the lies about the past the people think that their