The inhabitants of Oceania are persistently being under observation leaves them unable to embark on their human journey. They are unable to prompt their emotions and mindsets while being observed, or else they will be brutally penalized. These emotions are things that make us human. The Party activates converting the citizens, at a very young age, into spies. This wrecks the bond and love within families that leave them with “no enjoyment of the process of life” (Orwell, 280).
Party members were not to have sexual relations with each other for it was an “unforgiveable crime” (Orwell 65). Sexual intercourse was not to be enjoyed, it “was to be looked upon as a slightly disgusting minor operation, like having an enema” (Orwell 65). The citizens of Oceania in 1984 strictly adhere to the societal norms in fear of punishments, severe and otherwise. The government of 1984’s is a totalitarian government. The Party controls everything in Oceania and “seeks power entirely for its own sake” (Orwell 263) and they are interested “… solely in power...pure power” (Orwell 263).
As Americans, we live our lives without having to worry about surveillance cameras watching us, there are facilities in every state to make sure no civilian starves to death, and we are known as the land of the free. A dystopian society is a place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror. There is now little to no hope in the eyes of all North Koreans. Their leader has made enemies with nearly the whole world and won’t let them leave the country unless they have a valid reason to help the country. North Korea is a modern dystopia as they constantly monitor everyone with surveillance cameras, dehumanize each and every civilian and give them no freedoms as they are forced to stand still and let it happen.
Communism is horrible because the government controls every move you make and you have no say in what happens in your life. Such as no right to vote, no freedom of speech, no right to a fair trial, etc. This is what the United States was trying to protect South Vietnam from. Communists used terrorism, murdered and subversion to destabilize countries. Just this alone was a just cause for the United States to get involved in the Vietnam War.
A dystopian government is defined as being an aggressive and oppressive government that maintains order through control of all aspects of its citizen’s lives; this includes eliminating their rights to privacy. This is how the communist party of Oceania worked in George Orwell’s 1984. In 1984 the main character Winston often expresses displeasure and sometimes paranoia about the fact that he can’t say what he wants due to the dystopian dynamics of the party; “you had to live … in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, every movement scrutinized” in comparison people in a western country like Denmark where you can do what you want in your home and the rights of privacy are accepted. Because of this people see it as a basic human right, thus when said people read dystopian novels like 1984 that is as they find that it is a privilege and that they are lucky. Other than allowing people to appreciate various privileges, dystopian art and expression bear marks of a long and interesting history as it derives from the dream of creating a perfect world, also known as a utopia.
Now it is being said the Fourth Amendment’s promise of protection from government invasion of privacy is in danger of being replaced by the futuristic surveillance state Orwell described (Liptak, 2011).” By the same token, does 1984 present a startling and haunting vision of the world today? In Chapter One, Orwell writes about “Big Brother,” the authoritarian leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state where the ruling Party wields total power for its own sake over the inhabitants. Big Brother is the face of the Party and he sees all, knows all and controls all. Big Brother is watching everyone. The citizens are told that he is the leader of the nation and the head of the Party.
Big Brother is the example of all the ideals of the totalitarian party. In compare to Big Brother, Winston Smith keeps the idea of democracy underlines freedom; he has to hide his own thought because the Big Brother's party will punish him by death if the party finds it out. George Orwell evaluates of Big Brother's society by describing it as a dark and a gloomy place. It warns that people might believe that everyone must become slaves to the government in order to have an orderly society, but at the expense of the freedom of the people The super-country of Oceania is in a constant state of war in which the novel 1984 is set in, and bomb explosions are omnipresent. The living conditions are poor – very poor – with the buildings broken-down, the food artificial and rationed out, wages poor, and clothing cheap.
Maione 1 Michael Maione Mrs. Bak ENG3U November 6th 2013 Censorship vs. Freedom of Speech In George Orwell’s 1984 the use of censorship and lack of freedom of speech are referenced in the novel multiple times. The lives of Oceanic citizens are heavily censored from anything that could defy the Party; this means sexuality, feelings, books, literature, photographs, and even the memories of the citizens! There is a lack of freedom of speech in Oceania, if anyone is caught speaking out against Big Brother, the Thought Police, or the Party they are usually tortured and then killed. The actions of the government of Oceania reflect events that have happened or do happen in the real world. The Party that rules over Oceania in the novel “1984” destroyed all books that were published before 1960.
David Merino Period 5 1984: Disintegration of Humanity 6/16/11 Living in a world with freedom of expression, freedom of speech; basically, being free to doing anything can be seen as a blessing, but to some people, the lack of power and control over others is a disastrous way of living and it must be changed and adjusted. In the eyes of Big Brother and the System, the world and its inhabitants must be kept under strict rules and laws, and if broken, the criminals must be annihilated. These laws and consequences are what keep the “people” in 1984 from actually living as human beings. Two big components of humanity are the importance of linguistics and language, and our media, but when tampering with these components, which is the exactly what the System did, human life starts to disintegrate.
Land will always be the same land, yet leaders battle over ownership of it. Money, which many believe to be the root of all evil, is a thing that man himself has created, and it has done nothing but cause us to harm one another. What real value does a piece of paper have? None, but man deems it to be very important and often kills over money. Perhaps the worst, though, is that we fight, and even start wars, over race and language.