True Totalitarianism

Oceania, is a true totalitarian state. By every meaning of totalitarian standards, Oceania meets and surpasses all of the totalitarian principles. As the citizens of Oceania know all too well, they are not a part of the system, they are the system. Whereas in Animal Farm the reader sees the transition into a totalitarian state but sees that the rule of the pigs is not as heavy as that of the Party in 1984. In Oceania , The Party is everything. It is absolute and is every shape or form a menace that has not only injured mankind but has also tarnished his future and his past. To break the will and to stamp out the spirit of all people, The Party has made sure to have broken all bonds and have made sure that the only bond a person has is to The Party. There are no family bonds, children spy on their parents and report them to the police, there are no friends, everyone is too paranoid to leave themselves vulnerable to have any, there are no couples or lovers because no one can marry only in the exception where The Party decides who you marry. In page 65 Winston refers back to The Party's marriage arrangements “All marriages between Party members had to be approved by a committee appointed for the purpose and – though the principle was never clearly stated- permission was always refused if the couple concerned gave the impression of being physically attracted to one another”.By doing this no one trusts no one, they are all too afraid if to let their true feelings be known , because everyone hates The Party but no one has the courage to stand up to it. No one has the will to fight, this lack of rebellion is what gives The Party absolute power, The Party has intimidated everyone so profoundly that the very idea of speaking out is reprehensible.