George_Orwell__The_Callous_Nature_Of_Totalitarianism

George Orwell: The Callous Nature Of Totalitarianism George Orwell: The Callous Nature of Totalitarianism The establishment of an elite power in a society produces feelings of hopelessness and fear. George Orwell, a world-renowned poet and author is known for his politically influenced works regarding socialism. In Animal Farm, Orwell creates a satire based on the communist regime in Russia from 1917–1943. The animals seeking freedom under their liberators the Pigs’, revolt against their oppressive owner, Farmer Jones. Ironically, after the revolution the Pigs’, lead by Napoleon become the oppressors. Orwell’s most influential novel Nineteen Eighty-Four describes a society under totalitarian control. The dictatorship of Big Brother and his Party in Oceania rule over the population with rigid laws and a distinct hierarchy of social position. Winston Smith, a blue-collar Outer Party member is secretly discontent with his life. When he begins to rebel against the Party he is found out, brutally forced to rehabilitate and required to conform to their ideals. In both novels, the authorities use their power to gain their own prestige at the expense of others; the government control of the population, poor treatment of the working class and the disallowance of basic needs illustrate the destructiveness of totalitarian government. The government control of the orwell, pigs’, animals, government, population, farm, party, animal, oceania, napoleon, working, class, thoughts, big, while, rights, young, time, thought, own, given, basic, work, totalitarian, themselves, rule, police, people, over, orwell’s, living, ignorance, human, food, dogs