2. The world of Orwell’s 1984 is often described as totalitarian. a. First, what

2. The world of Orwell’s 1984 is often described as totalitarian.
a. First, what does it mean for a political regime to be totalitarian?
b. In its simplest definition a totalitarian regime is one that exercises total or close to total control over all aspects of the lives of its citizens. Describe what the panopticon and panopticonism is and how this technique is manifest in the world of 1984 to control the citizens.
c. As we have seen in the Symposium one of the basic strategies of tyranny and totalitarianism is to “divide and conquer” the people in their relationships to themselves and to one another. Explain how this strategy works and how it is manifest examples in 1984.
d. A major form of control is through language and ideas which regulate not only what people say, but also what and how they think about the world, themselves and their relationships with others.
Explain what Newspeak is and how is it used, as a form of speech and thought, as a strategy to control people. What is “doublethink” and how is it part of this strategy of control? What is the consequence of Newspeak on the individual psychology of the inhabitants of this world generally, including its impact on their relationship with themselves and each another?
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