The fictional world of Oceania was a horribly depressing place to live. The only freedom the people of Oceania had was freedom to live for Big Brother and his corrupt system. It's hard to imagine a world like that if you"re from the United States of America where every citizen has the freedom to do anything within legal limits. Only actual bad conduct, irresponsible behavior, and poor judgment can lead to punishment here in the United States of America. In Oceania anything that wasn't for the benefit of the system was wrong and punishable. Here we have the freedom to love, to have a family, and to have happiness through other things outside of the government.
No one ever had privacy from the party in Oceania. The thought police were always watching through telescreens. In the United States we are free to complete privacy within our homes and limited privacy in public places. The Bill of Rights states that no one can enter and search a home without a warrant. In Oceania peoples" homes were monitored constantly by camera. Winston Smith's home was searched after being caught by the party for living with Julia and not living for Big Brother. Like Oceania there is still law enforcement monitoring citizens, but it's in a completely different level.
The party manipulated the people of Oceania with phrases like "freedom is slavery", "war is peace" and "ignorance is strength". This doesn't happen here in the United States of America today. The meaning of a word is the meaning of the word. Double think doesn't exist, opposite meanings aren't the meaning itself. .
In the Ministry of love prisoners were tortured in many ways. They were broken down to nothing simply because they didn't live good enough for Big Brother. This doesn't seem like it should be called a Ministry of Love. Anyways, obeying the party's exact wishes was impossible. How can you force a human being not to love? Winston Smith was guilty for not loving and living for Big Brother.
The novel starts off in a city called Oceania, where the BIG BOTHER IS WATCHING YOU. ... The story took place in Oceania, which was in the area of Europe. ... The first one is Winston vs. himself. ... Another major conflict is Winston vs. ... The last one is Winston vs. ...
(pg 86) This response shows us that the soma user's sensibilities are numbed rather than heightened like a tranquilizer. ... In Orwell's view of Oceania in 1984 was one of a society completely controlled and complacent of to the wishes of the party. ... The population on Oceania in 1984 lived in fear of committing thought crime, everyone was just waiting for the thought police to come for them and take them away. ... There are many crimes in Oceania that would be impossible to commit because they are nameless and therefore unthinkable. This change from Oldspeak to Newspeak will cause...
1984 vs. ... The world of 1984 was much harsher but we do have some things that can make us wonder how life will be in centuries to come. ... We have everything we could have ever wanted: prosperity, family, shelter, food, privacy and under normal circumstances, a non-totalitarian government that gives us many freedoms as well as good, honest people. ... They may be putting a spin on it whether to attract more viewers or to cause us to believe something different for one reason or another. ... When Oceania became caught up in the war; the people forgot they were being deceived by the govern...
To explain the methods used by the Inner Party in controlling Oceania's populace, I will look at the theories of Roland Barthes. ... Airstrip One is the capital city of Oceania after the Atomic Global War. The surviving nations have combined to form Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. ... Four Ministries set the ideas for the citizens of Oceania using the concept of Doublespeak. ... Barthes describes Punctum to be the things from our past that effect our opinions and decisions towards medium placed before us. ...
Winston's personal tendency to resist the stifling of his individuality and intellectual ability to reason about his resistance makes him desperate to understand how and why the party exercises such absolute power in Oceania through language (mind control), psychological and physical intimidation and manipulation, and the controlling of knowledge of the past. ... "Newspeak- was the language of Oceania that suppressed words related to liberty and individualism, substituting them by words-symbols that injected negatively charged images whenever someone mentioned the enemies of the Party. .....
