1984

The Oceania society depicted in the 1984 George Orwell novel is simply driven by propaganda. It seems as though every citizen of the "Super State" country must interact with a daily intake of propaganda create by the government so that control is maintained. Even the "non-citizen" Proletarian community, which is the ignorant majority, is lead into a life filled with propaganda that inflicts feelings such as fear and hatred so that they can be controlled in a mental manner. As an inner Party member, I am trying to influence amongst the masses by continually reintroducing propagandas to every person in Oceania on a day-to-day basis; therefore, they adore what their government does and whole-heartedly hate any person who is against their ideals. Thus, reinforcing the pledge will eventually make everyone believe that it is the solid truth. The members of the Inner Party feels that controlling a majority keeps the minority in place. As a member of the Inner Party, I know that our government knows that its citizens can be kept at an appropriate level of control if a lie is constantly told.

In addition, our Party controls family structure by teaching the children to become Junior Spies, which brainwashes and encourages them to eavesdrop on their own parents and tattle-tale their thoughtcrimes. Therefore, not only adults are obliged to make the pledge, children are obliged to do so as well, and it takes a lot less effort to convince the kids than the adults. As The Party, we invent enemies who are responsible for their misfortunes. The citizens build up emotions and anger to hate these made-up enemies, so they unite by having a common enemy just as the Party had planned.

I truly believe that our government is quite a mastermind. It is able to control its citizens with a constant flow of propagandas. Because the government is perpetually lying to its people, it never has to worry about making a mistake in the truth. Without propaganda,