Term Papers on What Holds Big Brother Together?

Term Paper Title	What Holds Big Brother Together?
# of Words	908
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	3.63

What Holds Big Brother Together?

     In George Orwell’s classic 1984 the government
controlling Winston Smith is known as Big Brother.  Big
Brother is best described as an oligarchy ; a government
which is ruled by only a small selected group (The Inner
Party).  Big Brother is in control of everything, and the
common person has very few rights.  Religion has been
abolished, freedom of speech is unheard of, freedom of
the press is extinct and now even freedom of thought is
gone, just to name a few.  Even the idea “Freedom” itself
is in the process of being destroyed.  “How can you have a
slogan like “freedom is slavery” when the concept of
freedom has been abolished?” (47).
     So just what is it that keeps society from
overthrowing Big Brother? BB has an incomprehensible
amount of power which it can use any way it sees fit.  Its
array of strategic tactics for mind control is second to
none.  Exactly what does BB  say or do to stay in control?
What are its values and morals? Lets just say it isn’t as
concerned with family values as much as most of us would
hope.  Big Brother’s “Structural Ideas” or “Campaign
Values” are lies, ignorance, hatred, segregation and fear.
For example where Clinton is for pro-choice BB is
pro-hate.
     Lies: Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth,
one of the four major “employers” in the Big Brother era.
The Ministry’s role is to alter the past to make Big
Brother appear to be all knowing and foreseeing.
Winston’s occupation is as an “editor” for the times.
When he receives an assignment from a superior it is
generally to change a simple statement BB once quoted -
previously an article of good fortune for Oceania is now
an article showing declining standards of living - unless
Winston changes it.  The Ministry of Truth gives false
reports of living standards and production numbers to
give members of “The Outer Party” the illusion that they
are better off than their ancestors were.  By working for
this division of Big Brother Winston is not only
destroying a magnificent past but also the only hopes for
a better future.
     Ignorance: Committees working for big brother -
members of the outer party - are working so that they
themselves and peers will have a very limited range of
thought by the means of the language “Newspeak”.
Newspeak is a language with a intensely restricted
number of “unnecessary” words, only the essential words
of the English language are left alone.  For example
almost all adjectives have been eliminated.  If someone of
1984 wanted to use a word like “excellent” or
“disastrous”, in Newspeak you can’t.  Only left for all
forms of “good” and “bad” are “good” and “ungood”.  If you
want a word to have a stronger meaning you can choose
from “plus” and “doubleplus”.  “Don’t you see the whole
aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?” (46).
Big Brother believes that by eliminating words, they will
eliminate thoughts.  “If there i...

This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Digital Term Papers. Please register below now!

Digital Term Papers has over 63,000 essays, term papers, and book notes online. Many paper sites will charge you hundreds of dollars for a single paper. Digital Term Papers only charges $14.95 for a one month membership with instant account activation!

Don't waste anymore time! Join NOW!!!

1 Month (automatic renewal) ($14.95)

3 Months (automatic renewal) ($29.95)

6 Months (one-time billing) ($39.95)

Pay by: