Both George Orwell in 1984 and Aldous Huxley in Brave New World highlight the thought control of a totalitarian government to demonstrate how total information control can result in an absence of individuality. The societies in these novels use conditioning, through propaganda and drugs, to create a population that respects and believes in the government fully. In Oceania and Brave New World, history and true information is stripped from the .
general public in order to create loyal, and robotic beings. The governments also take away language and literature in order to limit society's ability to express themselves, resulting in like minded people. The less people know, the less their individuality can shine through because they everyone believes in one central idea with no diversity. .
In both novels, the totalitarian governments condition their citizens to make sure they act to their high standards. .
By constantly giving their people soma, a drug that creates happy and mindless people, the government can assure everyone will be happy with their status in society, and will never try to rebel. People in Brave New World never question their lives, and all they all just survive, .
without having any individual control or care about their own lives. In 1984, society is conditioned through fear instead of ignorant happiness. In Oceania "you were being watched at any given moment" "(Orwell 4) by the party for any wrong actions, with brutal consequences if found guilty of any wrongdoings. By instilling fear in their people, the party is able to keep control without rebellion just like the government in Brave New World does. By keeping such .
strict guidelines, citizens are afraid to express their true selves, all acting like one another in order to avoid any cruel punishments by their government. .
Both governments strip away means of learning and the complete world history from their citizens in order to keep stability and create single minded people.
