"The essential first step is for the government the realize that it cannot lead the public while misleading it." Anthony Lake former U.S. State Department official

The book 1984 easily disproves the quote said by Anthony Lake. It is the concept that the book is all about that proves Mr. Lake wrong. This concept is a form of government called totalitarianism.

Through misleading the public, the Party was able to lead Oceana. Ways in which the Party misled the public were through publishing articles in the newspapers and making statements over the telescreens about statistics that showed life in Oceana getting better when it was actually getting more restricted and more poor. This was done

With all of their trust in Big Brother, the people could have been told an outragous lie and not even have the slightest hint of being taken advantage of. This was evident in the rally on the sixth day of Hate Week in which the people were told that their enemy was no longer and had never been Eurasia. It had allways been Eastasia is what the party was claiming all of a sudden. In the years before, they were at war with Eurasia. However, in a matter of less than a minute, they were told a lie which was that they had always been at war with Eastasia and never with Eurasia. They accepted this lie not only with ease and quickness but also with an even stronger hate against the underground enemy of the Big Brother, Emmanuel Goldstein. The crowds were thinking, "It was sabatoge! The agents of Goldstein had been at work!" (Orwell, pg. 149)

Big Brother was made out to be infallable. If Big Brother ha

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