Although these are strictly implemented, they cannot be called laws theoretically because they are not written in a system. No parties, no dates, no love, no citizens walk on street after curfew, laws are everywhere in Oceania. The laws is another powerful tool for politicians in “1984” to limit citizens freedom. Everyone thinks he is safe in Oceania because of the Big Brother, but they are in fact in danger, all the time. The party uses this to make them believe that within the party nothing can go wrong, and without Big Brother they will not have such lives. At the same time, the slogan also emphasizes Big Brother’s power to tells the citizens that they are indeed safe and protected. It creates fear of obliterated privacy among citizens by alerting them that they are watched all the time. It is nearly everywhere in the country and usually presented beneath the picture of Big Brother on a poster. “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (George Orwell, 3) is another core slogan. The slogan changes truth and make the citizens believe that anything they want other than what their government wants can only make them unhappy, therefore, no one will consider rebellion because they believe the Party’s way of governing is the best and only way. Only war can make peace and harmony, so peace is no longer peace, it becomes war anyone who is slaved and wants freedom, he already has freedom you can only strengthen yourself by not knowing things and being ignorant. The idea of the slogan is to convince the citizens that what they want, is what they already have. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” (George Orwell, 4) is an good example. “Doublespeak” can be seen frequently in the world of 1984.
There are mainly two types of propaganda, one changes truth, so-called doublethink, and another creates fear. Propaganda increases the citizens’ morale and makes them think that what the party tells them to do is always right. The Party uses propaganda as the deadliest weapon of control. In “1984”, lies, myths and false information controls the thinking of the citizens. In order to achieve this, the politicians in “1984” suppress people’s thinking and eliminate their freedom by creating fear through propaganda, strict laws and incessant surveillances. Without any sense of individual fairness, people work for the party just like the gear wheels in a machine. Orwell depicts a totalitarian dystopian world where there is no freedom and citizens are being brainwashed constantly. “No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.” Bob Dylan said this probably not knowing its profound connection with George Orwell’s novel “1984”, but the as well could be in “1984”.
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