1984 Totalitarianism Essay
Totalitarianism: A World of Terror
Totalitarian is defined as “of or relating to a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (as censorship and terrorism) (Totalitarian)”. Through totalitarianism the government is able to completely control its citizens. This can cause everyone to no longer be individuals, no longer be creative, and no longer be imaginative. Orwell saw the dangers of living under totalitarian government, which is why he wrote Nineteen Eighty-four. George Orwell writes Nineteen Eighty-four in the year 1949 because he feared the future world would rule under totalitarianism. He warns society through Nineteen Eighty-four’s characters, themes, and control the Party has on its individuals.
The characters in Nineteen Eighty-four are created to show its readers that totalitarianism can again become a serious threat and should not be taken lightly. Winston Smith was the main character in this novel. “The instinctive responsiveness of the body leads Winston to begin his first …show more content…
The Party created the language of Newspeak. Newspeak basically narrows the English language down to one-eighth of its words. The Party’s reasoning for doing this is to limit the ideas of the individuals and make it so they are unable to formulate words to say them. “The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought, and to remove from the classics all the subversiveness which could pollute the minds of Party members (Nineteen)”. So ideally no one would be able to commit a thought crime or rebel because one would not know words to express one or to even think it. “The time will come when the official slogans, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, will not be required, simply because there will be no thought as we understand it now
Totalitarian is defined as “of or relating to a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (as censorship and terrorism) (Totalitarian)”. Through totalitarianism the government is able to completely control its citizens. This can cause everyone to no longer be individuals, no longer be creative, and no longer be imaginative. Orwell saw the dangers of living under totalitarian government, which is why he wrote Nineteen Eighty-four. George Orwell writes Nineteen Eighty-four in the year 1949 because he feared the future world would rule under totalitarianism. He warns society through Nineteen Eighty-four’s characters, themes, and control the Party has on its individuals.
The characters in Nineteen Eighty-four are created to show its readers that totalitarianism can again become a serious threat and should not be taken lightly. Winston Smith was the main character in this novel. “The instinctive responsiveness of the body leads Winston to begin his first …show more content…
The Party created the language of Newspeak. Newspeak basically narrows the English language down to one-eighth of its words. The Party’s reasoning for doing this is to limit the ideas of the individuals and make it so they are unable to formulate words to say them. “The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought, and to remove from the classics all the subversiveness which could pollute the minds of Party members (Nineteen)”. So ideally no one would be able to commit a thought crime or rebel because one would not know words to express one or to even think it. “The time will come when the official slogans, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, will not be required, simply because there will be no thought as we understand it now