Political Corruption in George Orwell's 1984

             George Orwell has captured the helplessness of a man in a dictatorship. George has taken some examples of modern society and created the worst. 1984's main character is Winston Smith. He is a man who disagrees with the opinions of the self righteous government (Big Brother) that rules Oceania, one of three superstates in the world of 1984. We begin the book with Winston, and learn that Big Brother is quite fictional. The government has developed its own language, is at constant war with the other two superstates, and watches its citizens at all times. As Winston's rebellion progresses, we notice that Big Brother is not as unrealistic as we think.
             Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia are the three battling superstates. Each has an identical government-one that is at perpetual war in order to gain complete power over its inhabitants. The process used to gain absolute power is one used by past, present, and future dictators, such as Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler. Big Brother manipulates its citizens into convenient modes of thinking. However, instead of only using propaganda techniques, Big Brother also uses Newspeak and telescreens. Newspeak is the official language of Oceania, and has its sole purpose in abolishing all unorthodox thought. (Example: the word bad is replaced by the word 'ungood.') The telescreens monitor each citizen that is allowed to be educated, at all times, watching for any action, word, or possible thought that could be unorthodox.
             These two Orwell inventions were foretelling-we see the equivalent of Newspeak every day in present day society when we are "politically correct." Telescreens are present in nearly every commercial institution, and sometimes in our own homes. Orwell was obviously warning America and all other countries about the control of totalitarian governments. When Winston is secretly approached by a coworker, he learns that he is not alone in his belief that Big Brother is 'ungood.' Winston and Juli...

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