Orwell uses a simile; “hovered for an instant like a bluebottle” to suggest that the police patrols were of serious threat. Winston contradicts this; “The patrols did not matter” to contrast what Orwell has just put forward. Winston then speaks of the Though Police which he believes to be of a much larger threat; “Only the Thought Police mattered”. Orwell does this to place heightened importance on the Thought Police and their ability to have control over all people. With the possibility that every thought is being monitored, fear is created among those who have negative thoughts towards the party.
“For a ruler it is much safer to be feared than loved because fear preserves you by a dread of punishment, which never fails” A ruler takes advantage of safety in order to be sure that there will be no attempts to overthrow them or assassinate them. The only way a ruler is able to do this is by either being completely loved by his people or completely feared by them. Fear, “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat”, is something that some rulers, like the ruler of Zimbabwe, attach themselves to in order to rule a country; these rulers believe that making their people fear them is the only way to ensure their safety. Love, on the other hand, a feeling of safety and affection towards someone, is also something that some rulers use, like the President of Nepal, which makes the ruler seem more like a human being and less like a robot arguing all the time. There is a middle ground between fear and love with a ruler because you should not have a ruler who you do not love and agree with because then there is no point into listening to him but you should not also have a ruler who you do not fear because then if just one person disagrees with him, they will take advantage of the fact that the leader is not someone intimidating and get rid of him.
Masses according to Adorno are perceived by the culture industry as objects for calculation. The consumer is certain that media is adapted to his needs while in fact the culture industry produces this sentiment in order to strengthen its influence. "the voice of the master" – the rulers of the culture industry – transmits humiliating content to the public that all have to do with the ruling ideology, with little critical resistance by the masses. According to Adorno in "Culture Industry Reconsidered" the culture industry's interest is to preserve its affinity to the narrowing cycle of capital as its source of living. For Adorno, media's influence, its lack of objectivity and monopoly should not be taken lightly.
He even isolates himself from his wife, when she asks him "what is to be done" (3.1.44), he replies"be innocent of knowledge" and leaves her out of his plans. In both book parallels can be drawn between the plots. Both tyrants follow different paths but have the same basic goal. The tyrants are power hungry and will do anything to secure their power. The tyrants think of themselves as ultimate rulers and do anything they please.
No one can control this loss of freedom. People are born and rights and freedoms are instantly lost. Even though Aldous Huxley’s story, Brave New World and George Orwell’s story 1984 portrayed different predictions of what society could be in the future both stories shared a common loss of freedom of their people because of restrictions, the governments overstepping power, and brainwashing techniques. In both stories there was evidence of restrictions that lead to the loss of freedom of the people in their societies. One of the main pieces of evidence in George Orwell’s novel 1984 was the use of constant surveillance of their people with telescreens and spies.
1984 was written by Orwell as a warning to the world as he saw it, he opposed totalitarianism in all it’s forms and, on one occasion said “I believe that totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph again”. The concept for 1984 came about through Orwell’s experiences in Burma and Spain that involved propaganda and totalitarian regimes. This is reflected in the text through the party and the use of ‘Big Brother’ posters. Orwell helps the audience recognise the negative aspects of the dystopian and totalitarian world through Winston’s perspective, a perspective that the audience relates to, as Winston bears many of our own ideals, such as the want for freedom and a democratic society. It is undeniable that there are a number of parallels between the protagonists of both Orwell’s ‘1984’ and the Wachowski brothers’ ‘The Matrix’.
In 1917, Russia became a communist country with an agenda of converting the world to communism. The United States, however, was a capitalist country, and was against turning communist, and the two superpowers have had a shaky stalemate ever since. Even with the development of nuclear weapons, they have both known that if either of them were to fire them, the other would have to retaliate, resulting in catastrophic destruction on a continental, if not global scale. Communism is basically the belief that the government should be in control of everything, and Capitalism is the complete opposite, with the belief that the country’s trade and industry should be controlled by their own respective owners for private profit. 3.
This method also allows them to operate purely within the civil population. In theory, law enforcement is a reactive force, whereas if no law is violated then there is nothing to enforce. Therefore, law enforcement cannot react or have any power until laws are broken. Throw into the mix foreign terrorists on U.S. soil and things are further complicated by jurisdiction, when and where terrorists will be tried, whether or not
Nineteen-eighty four’s society, which portrays true totalitarianism, was a world with complete surveillance where no thought could prevail. Big brother, the enigmatic dictator of Oceania, along with the thought police, monitored every thought and move of every person. The video and the novel both show totalitarianism but I believe the video does a better job showing the reality. I think that nineteen-eighty four has stopped alarming people about what our world is going to be like since the Soviet Union has fallen and the only truly totalitarian countries are states like North Korea. People should not be scared of becoming like nineteen-eighty four because Orwell was writing at a time
Some of us obey laws because benefit from them. Protection of life and property, security of peace, welfare, etc; You don't steal because you don't want to be stolen. You obey laws in expectation of others thinking and doing the same. If this theory is right then it means you only need laws when you possess something. "So what could be the reason why a person, who has always lived as an outcast and possesses nothing, has to obey the laws knowing he/she would gains a lot by violating them?"