This popular novel by George Orwell entitled 1984 is an excellent work that is able to depict totalitarianism, a form of government which exercise absolute and centralized control of power. At the first chapter of the novel, the world of distortion and manipulated humanity has been described very intensely. People here like Winston Smith have to live by submitting under authoritarian regime. The Partys slogan goes to say WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, and IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. The system wanted to brainwash the people by conditioning their minds. People must accept the need for violence and war. Peace would signify war while freedom actually means slavery. The more ignorant you are the more good it is for you. Clearly there is no freedom as the people are being monitored by a telescreen as well as a reminder that BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.
Again the government has departments known as Ministry of Truth, Ministry of Peace, Ministry of Love and Ministry of Plenty which are not intended for that but rather to suppress people more from their needs. People are constantly being watched and are denied of freedom of speech, expression of thought as there are Thought Police around and spies watching for those subversive and revolutionary minds that would exist. Women also are sexually perverted. How the novel portrayed a world of manipulation and distortion is somehow futuristic, drastic and sometimes unimaginable but still has realistic sense in it.
There is the Two Minutes Hate for people to watch the message against the Party and regarding the Brotherhood. People are disgusted yet they cannot seem to resolve the problem on their own. At first all these depictions would sound unbelievable to really happen but still not too far with reality. It would likely be possible that a form of world order like this one would come to emerge. One that is able to come up with every possible way of exercising great control and manipulation over the lives of many people.
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