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Totalitarianism in 1984

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George Orwell’s “1984” presents the consequences of totalitarianism to warn present and future generations of submitting to dictatorship. With the Party’s ultimate ambition of gaining absolute mastery over the citizens of Oceania by controlling access to the past and-more diabolically-controlling the minds of its subjects controlling and altering reality, it leads to eradication of privacy, freedom, individuality and peace of its people. Eventually eliminating any attempt of rebellion through the use of propaganda and technology, Orwell presents how the party denies human beings their individuality, exposing the evils of totalitarianism. Orwell who witnessed first-hand the Spanish Civil War reminds us the fearful effects and horror of living under a totalitarian state. George Orwell’s “1984” presents the consequences of totalitarianism to warn present and future generations of submitting to dictatorship. With the party’s ultimate ambition of controlling and altering reality, it leads to eradication of privacy, freedom, individuality and peace for its people. With inner party’s propaganda and control of technology, Orwell conveys the inner party’s control over presents how the party denies human beings their individuality, exposing the evils of totalitarianism. Orwell who witnessed first-hand the Spanish Civil War reminds us the fearful effects and horror of living under a totalitarian state. The invasion of privacy by the party through technology clearly presents unpleasant life under totalitarianism. A totalitarian government can only control the minds of people if they fear detection of anything that is not allowed. The party supervises its people through “telescreen” and with posters of “Big Brother is Watching you” plastered on every corner emphasizes its irritating and oppressive presence. With telescreen implanted everywhere, privacy has vanished. In addition, people are made to attend hate rallies an

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