The main theme of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" concerns the restrictions imposed on individual freedom by a totalitarian regime. George Orwell shows how such a system can impose its will on the people through manipulation of the press, the elimination of democracy, constant supervision (courtesy of the Telescreens) and more. Orwell also shows how the state has more subtle methods for imposing its authority, such as the manipulation of language and control of the media. Propaganda also plays a central role within the Party's infrastructure and it is used to gain support for Big Brother, stir patriotism, and induce hate towards the chosen "enemy" country. Workers in the Ministry of Truth work to change the past, making Big Brother seem to have always been right. Also, the Party seeks to stifle any individual or "potentially revolutionary" thought by introducing a new language, Newspeak, the eradication of English and the deployment of "Thought Police" who terrorize Party members by accusing them of "Thought Crime". The idea of the "Thought Police" is that if you think a crime, then it is the same as committing a crime. The introduction of this new language means that eventually, no one is ab

There are many parallels between 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' and other real-life examples. It has been said that it can be compared to both Stalinist Russia and National Socialist Germany. The fact that the Party can be compared to two supposedly diametrically opposed political systems does, at first, seem contradictory, but yet the Party, the NSDAP and The Communist Party share a common thread: totalitarian rule. This is a point that Orwell was well aware of. However, this story was probably much more an attack on Stalinism, or at least autocracy in general.

"proletarians" - a term which dehumanizes the ordinary man and strips him of any apparent individuality whatsoever. Their label makes them seem almost robotic. Yet their role is not minor because if there is any hope left in Oceania, Winston is certain it lies with the proles. But these simple working-class drones are not free, despite the relative freedom they apparently possess, because this "freedom" is just a symptom of the utter contempt in which they are held by the Party. This "freedom" means nothing because they have no mind in which to free. Even Emmanuel Goldstein, the Trotsky-like enemy of Big Brother, tells the Party that "nothing is to be feared [from the proletarians]. They can be granted intellectual liberty," he adds "because they have no intellect".

le to commit thought-crime due to the lack of words to express it. This is a frightening concept - the restriction of your thought could destroy your personality if the ability to think for oneself was erased.

Oceania, it is said, can be seen as to be beyond totalitarianism; an extreme even by extremist standards. Even in the death camps of the Third Reich, the Jewish community could continue to exist and heroic behavior, of sorts, was still possible. But in Oceania, heroism is a dead concept beca

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