Dictatorship In 1984

Not only did the governments censor potentially threatening information from the media, they also censored information on world events from the citizens of their nation, too. In the novel, Oceania was constantly at war; however, the enemy is inconsistent. At the beginning, Eurasia is the enemy, and have been the enemy of Oceania for a long period of time; however, the enemy changes to Eastasia later on in the story. It states, “The very word ‘war’ has become misleading. It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist,” (Orwell 199). The Germans were also reminded of their enemy, and just as in Oceania, it fluctuated. The only difference being the enemies of Germany changed between the Jews and the Allied Powers (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum).
The next historical parallel between Nazi Germany and Oceania is the totalitarian governments, more specifically, dictatorships. In 1984, the dictator, Big Brother, was feared, respected, and loved. Throughout the story, Winston was a skeptic of Big Brother and the Party’s actions; however, by the end he conformed, and he admitted his love for the enigmatic leader. “He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what
Both dictatorships persecuted those who believed differently, or did not accept the ways of the government. In the novel, anyone convicted of thought crime was imprisoned in the Ministry of Love to be tortured, and even killed. This was a direct comparison to concentration camps where Jews, the physically or mentally disabled, gypsies, etc. were taken to be murdered in order to “cleanse the human race.” According to Britannica Academic, the Jews, political prisoners, and other minorities were held in this camps for national security. It was the same in 1984. The government holds people in the Ministry of Love to keep them from overthrowing the