Dystopian Society

In the Making of an Orwellian Society
The term Orwellian originated from George Orwell’s novel notably Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. Both novels had a common theme, the attempt to become a utopia society but result in a dystopia society. Utopia is the opposite of dystopia where utopia is the idea of the best possible society, whereas a dystopia society can be described as a human-created hell (Geeraert, March 21). An Orwellian society is a result of an attempted utopia society gone badly. The term Orwellian implies characteristics in Nineteen Eighty-Four the make it Orwellian; propaganda, surveillance, and manipulation by the government. Notably in the past 20 years’ society has become more and more Orwellian. In George Orwell’s Nineteen
This also contributes to the idea that being told you are being watched by Big Brother through the two-way telescreens is a form of mind control. Newspeak is also able to reduce Thoughtcrime suggests the government in Nineteen Eighty-Four. “Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end, we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” (Orwell, Ch.5?) This quote is key in identifying contemporary examples of Newspeak. For example, political jargon is a major contemporary form of Newspeak and doublethink. Doublethink often obscures, alters and reverses the meaning of words. Recently the United States President, Donald Trump has provided several examples of political Jargon. Side note, many of Trumps supports enjoy has blunt and “tell it like it is” attitude, which is humours/dangerous when you understand his use of contemporary Newspeak. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, doublethink is used when something means the opposite. For example, Donald Trump saying, “For those here illegally today, who are seeking legal status, they will have one route and one route only: To return home and apply for re-entry like everybody else, under the rules of the new legal immigration system that I have outline” (Peysha, 2016), and then proceeds in doublethink, “We will be in a position to consider the appropriate disposition of those individuals who remain” (Peysha, 2016). In this example, Trump has taken two or more different stands on an issue, resulting in a contemporary form of Newspeak/Doublethink. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, the government began using Newspeak and doublethink to gain control over citizens and in today’s contemporary society, politicians and