“How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?” O’Brien asks. Winston’s answer: “By making him suffer” (214). Both of these characters are a part of George Orwell's vision of a totalitarian government that has evolved to its most terrifyingly efficient structure. In 1984, there is only one party in charge, The Party, that rules everything and everyone in Oceania. The Party creates and destroys the past when they want to and how they want to. There is no privacy there; you are always being watched by Big Brother, which is a television screen that is watching your every movement. You are told what to think and you can’t think for yourself. The citizens have no say in the government (No Say No Power). Also, they are starving to death because all the food is being taken by the Inner and Outer Party. As I Read 1984 I saw from my prior knowledge that this story resembles the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin. In 1984, George Orwell used a harsh form of satire to exaggerate or mock the Soviet Union on how the ruled with an Iron Fist. In 1984, The Party used propaganda heavily. For example, “WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” The Party’s slogans are all part of doublethink. The Party is trying to or has already convinced the people that what they want is what they already have. The citizens are made to believe that freedom is not good to them. Freedom is slavery for them. If they were free they would be unhappy and would not live the way they do now. They are made to believe that war is peace. And not knowing and being aware of the world is their strength. The Party uses this slogan to control the minds of its citizen to believe anything and everything The Party says. Another one is “Big Brother is watching you.” This propaganda made citizens feel safe that somebody is always watching them. These posters were all over Oceania. The Soviets used propaganda heavily also. Stalin used them ve