Examples Of Totalitarianism In George Orwell's '1984'

In the novel, 1984, the protagonist, Winston Smith, live in a world full of thought policies, telescreens and proletarian. In Oceania, proletarian are under watch within 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, which mean they are being watched without any privacy. Also, they are not allowed to have any other thought other than what the party told them to have. For the people who do have the thought will being vaporized; never exist in the world, nobody will remember who they are anymore. The party slogan is "War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength." It's apparently the opposite of reality, and it showed Oceania have a psychological control over their people. Every proletarian is required to be as orthodoxy as they can, but Winston still attempted to "stay human" by having thought on "Down With Big Brother."

The author, George Orwell, his biggest point of this novel is to remain or tell us what is the meaning to be human. In Oceania, people are being watched under thought policies and telescreens. As changing in time, people begin to obey the fact that this is the society where they live in. But they forget the most important thing --- human nature. Being a human not only flesh and bones but consist of humanity and freedom of thought. In 1984, Winston broke Oceania's law by
Orwell ultimately warning us against on how peril can a totalitarian country be. In Oceania, the party has full power and control. People are kept on track with work, with poor foods provide, poor shoes or even no shoes and they all showing obey or love toward Big Brother. The party restricted on words, in their principle of newspeak, not just words being control but also their freedom of thought. Orwell was worried about government will get too powerful and to the point become totalitarian, which freedom and humanity will be removed. So he wrote the 1984 and tried to warn all the citizens that don't let one party control, or Oceania will become