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Physical Control in 1984

By: Dylan, Clare, Victoria, and Austin

Physical Control Connections

Physical control is a powerful aspect of George Orwell's 1984. The abundant prescence of telescreen's abused the privacy of Party Members. The strict schedule that tracked their movements and abused their freedom. Over time, this altered the way they think and view the Party. The torture that Winston endured in the Ministry of Love was the point of which his mind altered. The government's abusive force, including electrical shocks and malnourishment, had broken Winston.

Global Context Concept

By gaining control over a person, you gain power over them. You can manipulate, threaten, and assert dominace with power. The Party has power over its members because they control their attire, diet, schedule, family, and speech. This power allows them to alter the Party members lives with ease.

How Physical Control Develops throughout 1984

Throughout the text physical control plays a big part of Winston and everyone else. Telescreens are everywhere to ensure no one commits a Thoughtcrime. If you don't love Big Brother then you will be caught and sent to the Ministry of love where they will make you love Big Brother forever.

Two Minutes Of Hate

"The next moment a hideous, grinding speech, as of some monstrous machine running without oil, burst from the big telescreen at the end of the room. It was a noise that set one's teeth on edge and bristled the hair at the back of one's neck. The Hate had started. As usual, the face of Emmanuel Goldstein, the Enemy of the People, had flashed on to the screen."

This says that the Party is making

the people love Big Brother and not love or think of anyone else. They are controlling them to be good and hate people that rebel against Big Brother.

Control Over Everything

“We, the Party, control all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?”

This shows that the Party controls not

just a couple of things but everything. They control the past, the present, and the future. They can make you believe that a certain person never existed and they can make you think Big Brother is the best. They can control you to do anything and if you don't you will be punished until you are controlled.

Loving Big Brother

“You hate him. Good. The time has come for you to take the last step. You must love Big Brother. It is not enough to obey him, you must love him."

Winston had hated Big Brother. He

tried to join a group against Big Brother but was caught before he could do anything. When he was caught he was tortured for a long time so that they could control him to believe Big Brother is great and that the party is right in whatever they say. They succeded.

Physical Control in the Real World

Control over what people do and where they go is very revelant not only in Orwell's 1984 but also in the real world. This control not only changes what you can see, but also changes the way people think.

Re-education Camps in North Korea

According to the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights, re-education camps force political prisoners to do labor and then force them to go through ideological instruction. They are forced to memorize speeches of North Korean leaders and undergo self-criticism rites. This shows physical control because the guards have control over the prisoners, and by forcing them to work and study, they have control over the thoughts prisoners develop; the guards can change the way the prisoners think about the policies of North Korea.

In George Orwell's 1984, The Ministry of Love has a similar control over the thoughts of it's prisoners by electrocuting them, making them believe Big Brother, and criticizing them.

Zoos

When animals are kept in zoos, the extreme control over what they are allowed to do and go has damaging effects on the brain. After being kept in captivity for long stretches of time, animals over-groom, self-mutilate, and pace for hours on end. The physical control the animals are subjected to erodes their brains and reduces the animals to shadows of their natural counterparts. This could be compared to the way Winston broke down after torture and captivity.

Schools

Many schools enforce uniforms/dress codes, uniformity, how to behave, and how to act. This can influence how people act later in life by affecting their habits which affect their brains. In our school we set goals in advisory, which can make people more motivated to set goals later in life. Also, we are told to report if people are bullied. In 1984 the teaching from a young age to spy on others makes people loyal to the party above all others.

What we could learn from 1984

The situation in George Orwell’s 1984 represents a loss of humanity or a loss of humanity's ability to catch itself before it falls. This has happened before, but never to the extent shown in the book. Think of the Soviet Union, a war machine where one man controlled many countries which ran awry. Luckily, humanity caught itself by ending the cold war. Germany tried the same previously in WWII but this was stomped out by the Allied Forces. This book solidifies the fact that humanity can only survive if it is conscious of its choices, and knows the consequences if it doesn’t catch itself again.

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