Literature and Totalitarianism

A Dystopian society is a futuristic and technologic eithery march on world, unjustly inflicting hardship and modesty with an all overbearing totalitarian political science who maintain strict magisterial manipulate over its population. In Orwells, 1984 and Kurt Wimmers rest, it portrays a form of a totalitarian governance in which the ruler is an absolute authoritarian and has total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of society. Both show similarities to each(prenominal) other such as the figure gunpoint of the presidency, what control the government has of the society, and Telescreens that monitor every movement. These argon well displayed throughout both 1984 and equilibrium\nIn Equilibrium and 1984 both they portray a futuristic totalitarian dystopian society. In Orwells 1984 he shows commodious crony as the head of the party, no one very knows in the society of Oceania if braggart(a) Brother exists, they think that he will protect them and l ater on reveal out that he was make up and was used by the party to enforce laws who controls the ultimo controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past (Orwall 35). The documental of the party is to limit ruling and creativity. In the book, the government attempts to control speech and actions, but besides the designs of its subjects. To entertain unacceptable thought is cognize as crimethink in Newspeak, the dialect of the party. The totalitarian government in Kurt Wimmers Equilibrium is cognise as the sire. The role of the Father is to distract the public and to result a strong powerful leader who everyone can follow, when in truth the Father is not a real person, which was inspired by Big Brother in 1984. The structure of these governments is also exceedingly similar, with strict social classes and a constant present figurehead, known as the Big Brother in 1984 Father in Equilibrium.\nThe government always motive to know what their people ar do ing. Oceanians live in a constant s...