controlled by the government. The definition of totalitarianism is “the state recognizes no limits
to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever
feasible”The once called free country, Great Britain, is now part of a huge combination of
countries called, “Oceania. In Oceania, there is absolutely no concept or idea of freedom,
everything and anything is being watched and recorded by the government. Any sort of action
taken against the government’s will, are quickly censored and taken away to stop the influences
to the other citizens. .” Individuality is almost non-existent. The novel centers around …show more content…
1984 explains and shows how far a government will go to have total power over the minds of its citizens
making them believe every single statement they are given. Manipulation is the government’s goal over
all its citizens.
Posadas 2
From the scholarly article,” Orwell takes both propaganda and surveillance to extreme limits: total
surveillance and total propaganda. Writing them large he brings important aspects of each into sharp
relief, which is why his novel has the iconic status that it does for theorists in both literatures.
However Nineteen Eighty-Four is of interest not just for its potential contribution to theorizing about
propaganda or about surveillance. Propaganda and surveillance in the novel are not just accidentally
related but essentially linked.” Again, in a totalitarian state, the government’s goal is to control all
aspects of life and to have a complete influence to its citizens. Propaganda and surveillance are the
essential tools of manipulation the government has to controlling all aspects of life. The government will
do anything to grasp the human conscious. Fear is another tool the government has which is connected …show more content…
The citizen have no sense of privacy and can be easily targeted if they are planning any action
that is against the government. Constant propaganda will enter the minds of citizens repeatedly until they
know it by heart. “Like propaganda, surveillance is pervasive in the novel. Instances of
surveillances divide into two main kinds: panoptical and surreptitious. Panoptical surveillance is
interiorised self-surveillance. In the belief that one is under surveillance, one censors oneself so
as to avoid unorthodoxy, the detection of which would be detrimental. Surreptitious surveillance
works on the opposite belief: believing that one is in a private space not under surveillance, one
is disinhibited and acts and thinks freely, thus making it possible for an unsuspected spy to detect what
one really believes.” The goal is to manipulate the citizen’s mind. Total control of all aspects of life. The
government in 1984 is successful with its tools of manipulation to control the minds and force
information to its citizens.
Posadas 3
The author of the novel, George Orwell, lived in an area where the government had strict control and
strict laws. George Orwell creates a dystopian atmosphere where life is depriving. Nothing is