George Orwell anticipated that the world will be governed by super powers. These super powers are reflected in the novel as Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. In 1984 we have futuristic totalitarian society and this society is controlled by the party. This party is a sort of police state. It is governed by Big Brother. It is controlled and restricted. There is no individuality and privacy because the party tries to create machines. Although they seem to be human beings, there is no mercy, and law. The only thing that they have is to achieve the slogans of the party.
Additionally, thought police always controls what people think and how they think. So their individuality always is taken from them.
Moreover, knowing foreign countries is also prohibited because communicating lets people know everything. Therefore, they are not allowed to communicate with other nations. If they communicate other countries or cultures, it is like a threat. They are made to believe that western people are violent or barbaric individuals.
Furthermore, language is like a codified version of identity so newspeak is sort of dictionary. Winston accepts that “War is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength” (Sparknotes, 2021). When you make people believe that they are at war with other nations, all the time it consolidates society’s members. If they are free, they become a slave because freedom is something that needs to deprive from. If they want to be freedom, like Winston, they should be put into the minister of love. Ignorance is something that they need to do because in this way they can be happy in this world.