Communism In 1984 By George Orwell

“Peace, Bread, and Land,” said the masses in the summer months of 1918. Peace, because of the uproars and revolts. Bread, because the peasants’ bread was taken away, and land because the peasants’ land was taken away. This popular bolshevik slogan became popular to the Russian civilians during the first years of the revolution. Russia had overthrown its tsar to become a communist country. The only way of achieving an ideal communist society: to control all aspects of every citizen, also known as a totalitarian regime. In the novel 1984, Orwell creates an incomplete communist society whose party (oligarchical collectivist) controls its citizens mentally and physically. The party uses devices (such as slogans) to brainwash their proletarians,
Because the Soviet Union’s goal was to completely eradicate all association of religion, most people had become atheist throughout the 70 years of totalitarianism. A recent poll taken in Russia suggests: 80% of the Russian population claims they are Christian. However, 42% of the population claims they are atheist. Surprisingly, 30 years after the soviet Union collapsed, almost half of the Russian population still say they are atheists. Furthermore, before the Soviet Union took power almost all Russians were considered Christians. In 1984, Orwell mentions the word "God" eight times, four of which do not refer to the Christian or Jewish God. In one of these eight instances, O’Brien explains what “power” means: "’We are the priests of power, he said. God is power. But at present power is only a word so far as you're concerned’” (Orwell 333) Winston then understood that because God didn't exist in Oceania, the most powerful force was the party. Skipping back one page, O'Brien explains to Winston "The German Nazis and the Russian communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives.” This not only brought caution to Winston, but to the readers who realized how hopeless he
In 1984, slogans like slavery is freedom, war is peace, and ignorance is strength, were all used by the party. Because these slogans were constantly said by everyone, they were the accepted truth. Interestingly, nobody thought about what each slogan actually meant. Furthermore, to readers the slogans were self contradictory, but to Oceania they were facts. In the Soviet Union, the same concept of using slogans to control their citizens minds were used. For example, "Peace, Bread, and Land. “ this was created by the Bolsheviks in the beginning of the revolution. They used it to catch the attention of the proletarians, who eventually started using it themselves. However, with the Bolsheviks did was the complete opposite. They took land, they took food, and they created a revolution. But because of the slogan sounded nice, lots of people trusted the