Chapter 3 Of George Orwell's '1984'

Kendall Baker Professor Mosser English Composition II 10 March 2024 George Orwell's “1984” takes place on Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain. It is an element of Oceania's superstate. Three superstates that are constantly at war and engaged in political scheming make up the world: Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia. The world of this story is set in a totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother. Winston Smith, a disillusioned Party member with rebellious ideas opposing the Party's authoritarian rule, is the focal point of the story. His forbidden love affair with Julia, his involvement with the underground resistance movement called the Brotherhood, and his eventual betrayal and brainwashing by the Party's Thought Police are central to
Winston explains how the party uses doublethink and truth manipulation to maintain control in this passage. The same is now talked about in today's world through political figures and governments using social media platforms to spread false narratives and manipulate public opinion. The nonprofit policy organization Brookings Institution highlights the propagation of false narratives by governments and political personalities through its publications on social media manipulation for politics. Russian agents created fake social media accounts on platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, posing as Americans and using polarizing content to target specific demographics and exacerbate existing social and political tensions. The New York Times article "The Great Russian Disinformation Campaign" discusses Russian agents' use of fake social media accounts to manipulate public opinion during the 2016 US presidential
. . . It was true that there was no such person as Comrade Ogilvy, but a few lines of print and a couple of fake photographs would soon bring him into existence.” As he works at the Ministry of Truth, Winston develops the story of a soldier who passed to mask the existence of a person who had been labeled an unperson. Formally, this shows his duty to envision someone the party approves to fit the narrative. George Orwell's "1984" is an important cautionary story that can help us avoid our civilization devolving into the dystopian nightmare that the book imagines. Through an analysis of the themes depicted in "1984," which include tyranny, surveillance control, rewriting history, and truth manipulation, we may extract important lessons and take proactive steps to protect our democratic ideals and individual liberties. The novel possesses an important focus on the dangers of totalitarianism, surveillance, and misinformation. It demands civil liberties, the separation of power, and checks and