The Japanese Oppression vs. The Party

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1984 by George Orwell represents a dystopia where everything is monitored and controlled. Its residents are generally unhappy, depressed or brainwashed. Throughout this entire book, I was constantly reminded of something my grandparents would bring up every once in a while. It was the period of time when the Japanese invaded China during the second Sino-Japanese War. Japanese troops were sent to China and basically they stirred up chaos in every village they approached. The Japanese would simply murder, torture, rape or kidnap human beings as they chose to. Japan wanted to conquer some parts of China and tried to do so by causing a pandemonium in the society to weaken the government. At the time, my grandparents were still young children and they had to go through the pain of seeing a loved one being brutally hurt while they hid from the Japanese more than a couple of times. Although I did not experience this tragic period of time for myself, I have heard and seen enough from my grandparents, photographs, documentaries and such, that it strongly reminds me of 1984. In 1984, rebels did not exist. As soon as one was revealed, they would be vaporized as a warning to others. It was very much like this situation in China. With this method, the Japanese, just like the party in 1984, was able to keep everyone under control. Before long, people began to not care about their own personal freedom. For example, Winston gets upset with Julia because he saw that she really did not mind because she has no idea how freedom would feel. "History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." (Page 156). The Party basically brainwashed these people into believing that was a good life they were living. And since they have nothing to compare it to, they simply accept it and have no desire for change. Consequently without a desire, these

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