Propaganda and the
Mind
A person’s mind
can be controlled through constant reassurance of a fact or by depriving them
of the resources to gain knowledge. Such is true in the novel, Nineteen
Eighty-Four. The proles are considered the lower class of society and go
through life as if nothing is wrong in the government. The proles will never be
able to rise up to the Party because they are brainwashed with propaganda to
support the war at all times. The Party even is manipulating the language by
making the common print language Newspeak, which limits the amount of
adjectives there are to describe a situation. In George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen
Eighty-Four, the Party uses brainwashing and propaganda to gain support for
the war. Their actions resemble America’s and other European countries
production of propaganda to gain support against the Germans and Japanese
during World War II.
Orwell was not
for Britain’s involvement in the early part of World War II. However, once the
Germans became aggressive, he decided to attempt to enlist in the army. He was
denied because of his health and ended up working for BBC, Britain Broadcasting
Corporation. Despite being well paid, Orwell found he was not there to report
on the war, “but rather to spin war news for propaganda purposes, specifically
to garner support for Britain’s war efforts in India” (Pearson). In 1943, he
left ….
