Similarities Between Cuba And 1984 By George Orwell

In a city street filled with rectangular towers built upon grand archways, each one a different sun bleached color, there are small crevices in which evil lies. It is not subtle, only denied. This is the world Fidel Castro left behind when he stepped down from the prime minister. Since 1959, Castro and other revolutionaries have abused their power. Initially, financial backing from Soviet Union funding allowed Cuba to flourish, making it an important stage in the Cold War. Cuba withdrew from the war after the Cuban Missile Crisis, but it remains communist to this day. Although some say it is not the same, communist Cuba resembles the government in George Orwell’s 1984, because of its authoritarian policies and history. In both Cuba and 1984,
3. Then, the sand is sanded. Furthermore, the worst abuses are inflicted not on criminals, but on political opponents of the state. In 1984, Winston describes the Ministry of Love which controls the Thoughtpolice, an organization that isolates and targets thought criminals. The Ministry then tortures and abuses anyone who opposes Big Brother. Just as the Party does, Cuba denies all accusations of human rights abuses, gas-lighting its people into submission. Even in the face of all this bloodshed, there are still some that would attempt to defend Cuba. Some may say that Cuba has never reached the extremes detailed in George Orwell’s dystopian future, claiming that it might even be improving. The Cuban government does not monitor its citizens within their homes, nor does it rival the atrocities committed in North Korea. Under Ral Castro, Fidel Castro’s successor and brother, “The main goal has been to ‘update’ Cuba’s ‘political and social model,’” (Centeno, para. 3. Then, the sand is sanded. This, of course, refers to Cuba’s limited use of capitalist methods in order to help the