George Orwell's 1984-Conformity In Society

Words: 568
Pages: 3

Conformity in Society
In the novel 1984 the government, Big Brother, is very oppressive and has all control over the people. Winston, the main character, disagrees with Big Brother and tries to rebel against them. Within the book it demonstrates how the society is under the class system and you are stuck in your class. The citizens of Oceania are deprived of their privacy and are watched by Big Brother 24/7. Big Brother does this in order to make everyone a loyal party member.
An example from 1984 about people conforming to the party is when during hate week everybody disses Oceania’s enemy and curses bad things about them(Orwell). Hate week was made to make the citizens patriotic towards Big Brother. Thus, resulting in loyal and confident followers of Big Brother.
Another example of Big Brother convincing citizens to be the perfect party member, is by turning kids into spys. The kids join the Youth League as soon as they are of age, kids as young of seven are even in the league(Orwell). This
…show more content…
For example“Conditions were favourable for the growth of the small party, and Hitler was sufficiently astute to take full advantage of them... Hitler countered their attempts to curb him by threatening resignation, and because the future of the party depended on his power to organize publicity and to acquire funds, his opponents relented.”(unknown). In 1984 Big Brother came to power after the revolution when they saw a chance to change oceania forever. They got rid of a bunch of people, so they could get the perfect society which would revolve solly around the party. With people who were loyal to Big Brother. Hitler was similar in the way he rose to power. Hitler saw the people were not happy with the government at the time, so he took advantage and started promoting himself to the public. He promised them a better life and more freedom, when in reality he did the quite