The Effects of Totalitarianism on a Fictional Society In 1984 George Orwell shows how totalitarianism controls people’s lives through propaganda and technology, history without any truth, and fear for their lives. Orwell’s intention was to invoke resistance to the totalitarian society he was writing about. It is strange, however, that despite the unappealing control of that kind of society displayed in the book, Russia throughout history has tried that form of government. Critic Phillip …showed first 75 words of 1604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1604 total…type of society of total control is not the best idea. Through his book, Orwell shows how advanced technology and living in fear can ruin privacy and turn people against one another. He also shows how lying, in this case, to the people of society can altar their perceptions, ultimately in a negative way. As an overall message Orwell wanted to warn the future of how absolute power can be negatively used to control lives.