The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell in 1949. The novel is a great example of a dystopian world. The story is about a government that uses propaganda and surveillance to control its people, watching their every move. They have their minds manipulated by the consistent propaganda being aired on telescreens every minute of the day. Signs and cameras reminding everyone that big brother is always watching, the thought police are also rewriting history, so the people stay confused. All this causes its society to be in a constant state of conflict and unhappiness. Propaganda is a tool that influences people to think a certain way. It is used to manipulate, confuse, and control people. It is biased or misleading information and is usually used to promote a political view. The poster here shows two political leaders with a background implying that the leader on the right will bring you happiness and a good life where the one on the left implies that if you choose him, he will only bring you war and a poor life. This poster uses three propaganda techniques fear, testimonial and distortion of data. Fear is a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined. The fear used in my poster is that people are afraid of war, so whoever wrote this put war on Big brothers’ side in hopes that whoever reads it will choose Goldstein. Testimonial is when a respected celebrity says something is good or bad. Testimonial is uses in my poster because the people that have read 1984 think of big brother badly because you know the book and see the horrible things he does to the people, giving them no freedom. In the book the characters do not see that evil and think he is saving them from things like war. Goldstein is seen as a good person but because Big Brother said he was bad the characters in the novel change their mind about him. Distortion of data is when you assume something without knowing the full story. In my poster it shows that because of Big Brother there is war, and Because of Goldstein there is happiness. While that is how it appears, there is more to the story than that, there is so much more to it, especially when the reader does not know much about Goldstien, and all we know is that he wanted Oceania to be a happy equal place. Overall, the poster is trying to show the viewer that you can pick whatever side you want but what side you choose will decide how your life will be.