Examples Of Authoritarianism In 1984

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Authoritarian governments control their people by stripping them of their individuality and liberty of free time. George Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian novel about a government that has a firm hold on its citizen’s thoughts and actions. In this essay I am going to prove that although The Party watches and controls the way of life of its citizens, sometimes there are loop holes in their system. In this paragraph I am going to prove that the Party controls the people of Oceana by forcing them to attend organized groups and activities. The Party creates these groups and activities to replace free time. There are groups the people can join like the ‘Anti-sex League’, and events like, Public Hangings, ‘Physical jerks’ (34) :where citizens
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