1984 Conspiracy Theory Essay

Is it possible that totalitarianism - where all freedom is removed - could be a reality?   This question posed to readers' when studying George Orwell's 1984.   Sadly, the answer is “yes”.   Orwell renders modern day London, now known as Airstrip One; the capital of Oceania, as a city divided into zones where the masses: also known as the Proles’ have no rights.   The single party in power led, by Big Brother, controls mass media and uses the fear of death, to create obedience.   This depicts Oceania realistically enough to remind readers that such a society has indeed existed, for example in fascist Spain, Stalin's Russia, and even in North Korea.   All these governments are totalitarian, they have removed all humanity, by removing all freedom: drastically changing the lives of every citizen.   Worse yet, if people forget the lessons history has taught them, about each of these dictatorships, we will have a society as brutally repulsive as the society Winston Smith lives in.
1984 takes place in London, England where 30 - 40 bombs fall each week from either Eurasia or Eastasia: whoever they are at war with at the time.   Everywhere he turns, Winston Smith, the protagonist, is reminded of war, mostly due to the poor rebuilding and clean up efforts. Winston’s existence is affected by the infamous Two Minutes Hate: where citizens are forced to stand and watch an image of Goldstein, a supposed enemy of the Party and chant hatred at it.   Billboards as well are plastered with brainwashing slogans of the party, such as “War is Peace, Slavery is Freedom, and Ignorance is Strength”. Readers relate to the destruction and impoverishment portrayed in 1984, because of all the destruction evident in, World War I, II, and most recently 9/11.
In Orwell's novel the horror is the systematic removal of freedom by the Party.   The Party is a totalitarian government that neither the outer Party: taking care of things like news, altering textbooks, and...