Topic C
After Orwell witnessed the control that the soviet government was placing upon its people, he felt compelled to write 1984. In the novel, the government attempts to control the people’s perception of reality itself by enforcing the use of doublethink, which is the automatic self-convincing by someone to make something untrue become true. By ignoring the negative aspects of the people’s lives and replacing it with good thoughts, and through the slow implementation of newspeak, the government in the novel hopes to gain complete control over a people that have ultimately become more machine than human. It is possible that Orwell is attempting to warn us of the danger of the media; about the lies that they put forth that are quickly gobbled up by the populace. If we allow ourselves to be stripped of out independent thought then we will ultimately lose our humanity in the process, just like the people in 1984.
Orwell, at the same time, presents a measure of hope to his readers. While O’Brian dismisses the ability of the Proletarian population to overthrow the Party, at the same time Orwell brings a sense of separation to these people while emphasizing the size of their group and the potential that they hold. It is possible that by comparing these lower-class people’s lifestyles to the lifestyles that the majority of his readers live, he was attempting to communicate the potential of the lower classes and the ability for them to sage a revolt against the increasing injustices of their government.
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