Totalitarianism in the World of 1984

Subjects of this novel are totalitarianism, love, and loyalty. Totalitarianism will mostly affect those who stand against the one in complete control. The leader of a totalitarian government does not care about the needs for the people of their country as much as they care about having the power over the people themselves. Big Brother is the totalitarian leader of the novel 1984 and is almost seen as a ‘god-like’ figure to those who worship him the most. Throughout the story, you can see how in the beginning, they put you in the middle of the peak of his leadership rather than how it really began. This shows me that Orwell wanted us to feel confused and see how different it really could have been. As you read on in the book, it later shows the effects this type of economy has on the people and their minds. It turns its own people against one another, and as soon as one person sees how the economy looks on the outside, they make sure they never speak of it. Winston is an example of this situation. He falls in love with a woman he is forbidden to see, as well as seeing the truth, hating Big Brother. Basically, just having his own opinions and being against the government. When he is caught for both things, they torture him until he surrendered to them and was nothing but another human blinded by the power of the government. Orwell wrote this with this theme to show what could have happened if we would have lost the war. The world could have been run like this with our own Big Brother and torture to make sure we are brainwashed into believing and agreeing to everything the government said, not saying what we really think otherwise we would be punished.