Power And Control In George Orwell's '1984'
Through its portrayal of human experience, Orwell’s 1984 reinforces the significance of absolute power and control.
To what extent does your interpretation of 1984 support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to the novel.
George Orwell’s 1984, is a political novel representing the dangers of a totalitarian government, vividly describing the effects and significance of their power and control through the portrayal of human experiences.
The Party uses methods of psychological manipulation to control the citizens of Airstrip One, prohibiting their mind’s capacity for independent thought and therefore, reducing the amount of people rebelling against the Party. This power is demonstrated through human experience from the very …show more content…
The Party creates “doublethink”, the ability to believe and disbelieve simultaneously in the same idea, or to believe two contradictory ideas simultaneously. It provides the psychological key to the Party’s control. Doublethink allows citizens under Party control to believe slogans like “War is Peace” and “Freedom is slavery”. “Newspeak”, Winston is told by Syme, is the language the Party have created in order to narrow down the range of thought to render thought crime impossible. They believe if there are no words in a language capable of expressing rebellious thoughts, no one will ever be able to rebel, or even conceive of the idea of rebelling. Syme gives Winston and example, “If you have a word like ‘good’, what need is there for a word like ‘bad’? ‘Ungood will do just as well… Or again, if you want a stronger version of ‘good’, what sense id there in having a whole string of vague useless words like ‘excellent’ and ‘splendid’… ‘Plusgood’ covers the meaning; or ’doubleplusgood’ if you want something stronger
To what extent does your interpretation of 1984 support this view? In your response, make detailed reference to the novel.
George Orwell’s 1984, is a political novel representing the dangers of a totalitarian government, vividly describing the effects and significance of their power and control through the portrayal of human experiences.
The Party uses methods of psychological manipulation to control the citizens of Airstrip One, prohibiting their mind’s capacity for independent thought and therefore, reducing the amount of people rebelling against the Party. This power is demonstrated through human experience from the very …show more content…
The Party creates “doublethink”, the ability to believe and disbelieve simultaneously in the same idea, or to believe two contradictory ideas simultaneously. It provides the psychological key to the Party’s control. Doublethink allows citizens under Party control to believe slogans like “War is Peace” and “Freedom is slavery”. “Newspeak”, Winston is told by Syme, is the language the Party have created in order to narrow down the range of thought to render thought crime impossible. They believe if there are no words in a language capable of expressing rebellious thoughts, no one will ever be able to rebel, or even conceive of the idea of rebelling. Syme gives Winston and example, “If you have a word like ‘good’, what need is there for a word like ‘bad’? ‘Ungood will do just as well… Or again, if you want a stronger version of ‘good’, what sense id there in having a whole string of vague useless words like ‘excellent’ and ‘splendid’… ‘Plusgood’ covers the meaning; or ’doubleplusgood’ if you want something stronger