Big Brother is merely a convenience that suits the goals of The Party. The image of Big Brother appears on telescreens, coins, and on large posters plastered all over the city with the slogan “Big Brother is watching you.” While big brother isn’t real, the idea of Big Brother is sufficient to keep the people living in a state of fear.
The Party uses the image of Big Brother to administer a sense of loyalty and fear in it’s population. Thus, creating Big Brother – who is the supposed supreme leader of Oceania, leader of The Party, an accomplished war hero, a master inventor and philosopher, and the original instigator of the revolution that brought The Party to power – deceiving the people of his existence, big brother is the guise in which The Party chooses to exhibit itself to the world. The Party shows extreme treachery to maintain it’s power and authority, as they have realized that people are more easily willing to follow and exhibit emotions towards a single individual than an organization. According to my article, it’s something that all humans naturally want and makes people do insane things to get it and maintain it – including deception. That it corrupts the best and attracts the worst. We’ve all heard the saying that power is a dangerous thing. Lying, deception and false appearance is usually connected with the want for power and control, the belief that no one will find out, and avoiding punishment, which are evident in 1984. So the question is why does The Party lie? Why do people still lie even though they know that it’s wrong? Because these actions aren’t reserved for politicians or world leaders, we all own them. Facts aren’t facts, apart for when they’re manufactured to be facts. In George Orwell’s world of 1984, there is no such thing as truth.
We’re each lied to 10 to 200 times a day, and tell a lie to others ourselves on an average of 1 to 2 times in that same period. Yet deception and lies still creep into our lives. Told that we can better our lives if we follow this single rule.
“Narcissists try to destroy your life with lies because theirs can be destroyed with the truth.” We are all encouraged at an early age to tell the truth.
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