Noah MillerEnglish with distinction: DMs. HillerDecember 13, 20131984 Major Dissertation WorksIndividualism is the first side compared to its opposite, collectivism, that is, the degree to which individuals are integrated into groups. When we are placed in a collective whole, we can do more for the whole than for ourselves. This collective whole is easily controlled and manipulated. Society has always been troubled by the idea of ​​overwhelming control. In George Orwell's 1984, humanity is dominated by an extremist government intent on abolishing all aspects of freedom. Orwell indicates that when subjected to mass propaganda and intimidation, the memory and conception of truth of the ignorant majority are distorted, making them extremely malleable and servile. The Party uses slogans to convince the ignorant that what they want is what they already have. “WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH,” (Orwell 4). There is no desire for freedom, because they are told it is slavery. If they were released, they would be unhappy and would not live the way they do. In doing so, society must believe that war establishes peace and serenity. Changing a few small elements of the story can change human belief. By constantly feeding people fraudulent information and hiding the truth, the Party can trick people into believing almost anything; ultimately leading to total domination over the mind. Orwell argues that society is completely oblivious to the strain that everyday life entails. There are no individuals in society and everyone remains the same. “Don’t you see that the very purpose of Newspeak is to restrict the range of thought? (46) Not only does a limitation of words show society that by controlling communication methods...... middle of paper ... time, reality becomes blurred, and when not clear, we can look to the past for answers. When individuals in a society are isolated from each other through communication, it becomes extremely difficult for an individual to not conform to madness. This kind of madness is reasonable because everyone is crazy; we conclude that such an individual is normal. It is very important to maintain a sense of uniqueness in order to maintain relationships with each other. When oppressed by a Party that suppresses unalienable fundamental rights, spreads false information, and every individual has a common knowledge of the consequences they could face for thinking, it is extremely difficult to maintain a sense of reality. Orwell proposes that when an individual is confronted with all these prohibitions, he is easily manipulated into psychological slavery..