Examples Of Normalization In 1984
Michael Perera
Utopias Honors
Mr. Johnson
20 March 2018
Normalization of Donald Trump Began in “1984”
Propaganda is “the information or ideas spread by an organized group or government to influence people’s opinions, especially by not giving all the facts or by secretly emphasizing only one way of looking at the facts” (Cambridge Dictionary). The following propaganda techniques are common: slogans, testimonial, bandwagon, name calling, glittering generalities, etc. George Orwell’s “1984” illustrates the protagonist Winston Smith’s fight with the oppression in Oceania, a place where its residents are victims of perpetual manipulation. By defying the ban on individuality, Winston writes his innermost feelings in his diary and chases …show more content…
Emmanuel Goldstein is the principal enemy of the Party – as he is the head of an insurgent organization called the Brotherhood, whose main purpose is to weaken the power of the Party. Additionally, he had written the book “The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism”, in which he describes how the Party maintain its grip on power through the use of totalitarian control, surveillance, and reality control. The Two Minute Hate is a daily period in which members of the Party forcibly watch a film depicting the Party’s enemies (notably Emmanuel Goldstein and express their hatred for them. Orwell states that there was “[a] hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic” (). Most importantly, the ritual serves to channel the rage that the populace may have towards the Party’s manipulation over their lives. Another form of propaganda is appeal to fear, which refers to a person attempting to create support for an idea by increasing fear towards an alternative. The
Utopias Honors
Mr. Johnson
20 March 2018
Normalization of Donald Trump Began in “1984”
Propaganda is “the information or ideas spread by an organized group or government to influence people’s opinions, especially by not giving all the facts or by secretly emphasizing only one way of looking at the facts” (Cambridge Dictionary). The following propaganda techniques are common: slogans, testimonial, bandwagon, name calling, glittering generalities, etc. George Orwell’s “1984” illustrates the protagonist Winston Smith’s fight with the oppression in Oceania, a place where its residents are victims of perpetual manipulation. By defying the ban on individuality, Winston writes his innermost feelings in his diary and chases …show more content…
Emmanuel Goldstein is the principal enemy of the Party – as he is the head of an insurgent organization called the Brotherhood, whose main purpose is to weaken the power of the Party. Additionally, he had written the book “The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism”, in which he describes how the Party maintain its grip on power through the use of totalitarian control, surveillance, and reality control. The Two Minute Hate is a daily period in which members of the Party forcibly watch a film depicting the Party’s enemies (notably Emmanuel Goldstein and express their hatred for them. Orwell states that there was “[a] hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic” (). Most importantly, the ritual serves to channel the rage that the populace may have towards the Party’s manipulation over their lives. Another form of propaganda is appeal to fear, which refers to a person attempting to create support for an idea by increasing fear towards an alternative. The