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Theme: Individuality can be destroyed by a political system.

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Theme: Individuality can be destroyed by a political system.

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“From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant letter, the three slogans of the Party: WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” (Orwell 4).

From the start of the novel many of the citizens were faced with having to know and adapt to the Party’s slogan. The government promotes contradictory ideas like "War brings peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength," which undermines individuality by confusing people's beliefs and preventing them from thinking independently. They did not have the choice to freely think amongst themselves, but it was more that they were taught to believe and go by this slogan. It had to be incorporated into their daily life, leading to many people not having this sense of individuality within their own thoughts and feelings.

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"He was the commander of a vast shadowy army, un underground network of conspirators dedicated to the overthrow of the State"(Orwell 13).

This line talks about Goldstein, who gets blamed for everything by the Thought Police. It's like when someone is unfairly blamed for problems in a dictatorship. The big issue surround Goldstein, is that he is seen as an enemy through many of the citizens. This was once again taught to them since they were brought into the world. The Party does not agree with the standings of Goldsteins because he is seen as a rebel who has his own thoughts and feelings. By blaming Goldstein, the government distracts people from its own faults and keeps the citizens in line. This makes people afraid to be different or speak out, so they just go along with whatever the government says, losing their own individuality.

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"It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children” (Orwell 24).

This passage discusses how the Party teaches its beliefs to children and how this affects everyone else. When children are taught a certain way from a young age, they grow up believing it's the only truth. As they become adults, they pass on these beliefs to others, shaping society's thoughts and behaviors. This development strips away individuality because people aren't encouraged to question or think differently. They just follow what they've been taught without considering other viewpoints. This creates a society where everyone thinks and acts the same, without room for individual expression or independent thought.

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“"This process of continuous alteration was applied not only to newspapers, but to books, periodicals, pamphlets, posters, leaflets, films, soundtracks, cartoons, photographs—to every kind of literature or documentation which might conceivably hold any political or ideological significance” (Orwell 40).

The party has always been able to manipulate the people. This passage demonstrates how Winston's role in rewriting history, a task assigned by the Party is once again manipulating many of those citizen. By altering the past, the Party can shape the present narrative, influencing the beliefs and thoughts of its members. The individuality is undermined as people are fed a distorted version of reality, restricting their ability to form independent opinions and perspectives. This is what the party wants, but what the people don’t realize is how this is slowly ruining each and every single one of them.

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"More commonly, people who had incurred the displeasure of the Party simply disappeared and were never heard of again” (Orwell 44).

This sentence outlines the consequences for those who go against the Party, hinting at Winston's fate later in the novel. This means the government completely strips away a person's individuality through torture and psychological manipulation, turning them into a loyal follower of the Party. This process aims to erase any trace of rebellion or independent thinking, ensuring absolute control over the individual's thoughts and actions. Ultimately, it demonstrates how the government destroys individuality to maintain power and suppress dissent. The fear that have been installed within each of the citizens, is a key factor as to why many of them just follow the rules although, they may have formed their own thoughts and feelings. This feeling of being dead at even the slightest thought of going against the party has stopped many people from rebelling and continue in pursuit of the humanity the once had.

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"Orthodoxy means not thinking—not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness” (Orwell 53).

In this passage, Syme is talking to Winston about how the Party controls people's thoughts. It shows how the Party can influence many people at once. It also says something about how any strict belief system can control people's minds. Once again the readers are faced with the same idea of, when the government controls what people think, it takes away their ability to be themselves and have their own ideas. This kind of control makes everyone think and act the same, without room for personal expression or freedom of thought.

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“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious” (Orwell 74).

This quote suggests that people need to become aware of their situation before they can rebel against it. Rebellion leads to consciousness, but people must first recognize the need for change. It highlights the importance of self-awareness and critical thinking in initiating social change. Once Winston realized that he should rebel against the Party for his own good, he started to feel like a human. He started to feel like a different person. He saw different perspectives of how the government would truly treat them. This feeling of wanting to rebel, had finally brought Winston into the harsh dehumanize reality that he had lived in because of the Party.

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"At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid” (Orwell 110).

In this quote, Winston experiences a shift in mindset upon encountering the phrase "I love you." Initially, Winston feels a surge of hope and attachment to life, prompting a change in behavior where avoiding unnecessary risks becomes a priority. Winston knows the risk that having these feelings can create within his life. If the thought police were to catch him, he would vanish immediately for not following the rules of the Party. He knew that even having emotions was showing his human side the Party had worked so hard to blur and dehumanize with their rules and beliefs. These emotions showed a sense of individuality because these words mean a lot more then just the ordinary routine. The Party had banned such emotions, that when Winston saw it he knew something had shifted.

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“No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act” (Orwell 126).

This passage highlights how sexual intercourse in the Party was an act of rebellion against them. Within this passage, it highlights how no emotion was pure. Every emotion that the citizens were forced to feel were fear and hatred. Fear, for the war, for the Party, for the Thought police. This emotion was the only emotion anyone could ever see. This dehumanization and lack of individuality was strongly demonstrated as the chapters went on within the novel. Many of the civilians did not even seem like people anymore. They seemed more as robots, following rules and laws, while being stuck in the same routine over and over again. When Winston and Julia both decide to show their rebellion by having sex, it showed their human side of emotions that were not like the rest. This not only bonded them together, but it showed how they both wanted to rebel and try to find themselves again amongst all these people that felt as if everything was right when it truly was not.

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“The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings, were of no account, while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world” (Orwell 165).

The passage above points out how the Party undermines many individuals by devaluing their emotions and instincts while simultaneously stripping them of control over their lives. It highlights the Party's manipulation tactics, where they convince people that their feelings don't matter while tightening their grip on reality. Ultimately, it reflects how the Party's oppression diminishes both personal and emotional authenticity within each and every single citizens.

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“Even the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages was tolerant by modern standards. Part of the reason for this was that in the past no government had the power to keep its citizens under constant surveillance. The invention of print, however, made it easier to manipulate public opinion, and the film and the radio carried the process further. With the development of television, and the technical advance which made it possible to receive and transmit simultaneously on the same instrument, private life came to an end” (Orwell 206).

This passage suggests that throughout history, governments have gradually gained more control over people’s lives. In the past, there wasn’t as much surveillance because the technology wasn’t there. But with inventions like printing, film, radio, and especially television, governments could influence people’s thoughts and behaviors more easily. As a result, individuals had less privacy and freedom to think for themselves, making it harder to express their uniqueness or have independent opinions. The Party wants the citizens not mattering their status within society, to follow all of the Party’s principles and beliefs.

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“We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull” (Orwell 268).

This quote emphasizes the Party's belief that they can shape reality by controlling people's thoughts. It suggests that what people perceive as a reality is actually a construct of their own minds, shaped by the Party's influence. By asserting this control over individuals' minds, the Party asserts control over the very fabric of reality itself. The Party in itself had influenced for many of these people not to have this own individual thoughts and feelings. They knew that if people realized what they were doing, people would immediately try to rebel against them.