The Party has the control to make you do, say, and even feel whatever they want you to. They have deleted the past and installed fear into the lives of the people. Many of them think their society is fine and that’s the way that they are supposed to live. Big Brother and the party have created such a dystopia that everyone is brainwashed into what is happening is ok. In order for the Party to do that they needed a leader, a figure head, someone to tell the people exactly what they wanted to hear whether it was the truth or not. That’s where Big Brother came in, he was like their Hitler. Hitler was a totalitarian leader, he told the people of Germany what they wanted to hear, and he made them think they lived in a utopia, when in reality they were the farthest from it. Big Brother was the same thing, a leader who told the people what they thought they wanted to hear. He filled them up with useless information to make them think they knew everything they needed to. It was just another way Big Brother and the Party gained complete …show more content…
They knew they did not live in a perfect world. Even though Big Brother did not fool Winston, he still had a major affect on him. Big Brother was the reason Winston lived in fear. Winston knew that he was committing a thought crime and what the thought police would do to him if he was caught, but he just could not keep himself from wanting to rebel. He had to get it out and that’s why he started to write in his journal. He knew the moment he began committing the ‘crimes’ he would not be able to stop. Everything he did he had to do in fear of Big Brother and the Party. He knew he could be erased from existence but he could not help it. Big Brother was the reason Winston was unable to remember his past for such a long time, and unable to live with emotion and happiness. Just like all the other citizens Big Brother deprived Winston of living a normal life. That alone was a big affect Big Brother had on Winston but the constant fear and punishment once he got caught is