The society depicted in "1984" can be compared to a society that is run by machines. ... Oppressing people is the Party's attempt to control the society and to prevent them from rebelling and rising in power over the current government. The Party uses propaganda and brainwashing in attempts to dehumanize the people in Oceania. ... Along side brainwashing, the Party used cruelty and torture to assist with wiping out the human mind of all those living in Oceania. ... In the society of Oceania exhibited in "1984", man has become seen as an instrument or machine rather than as a human bei...

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