Propaganda in 1984
Propaganda is described as information that is wrongly outputted to make others believe in differently. Specifically, it is used to promote or publicize a specific political point of view. For example, in the second world war, the government would intrigue families of all incomes to buy war bonds to support the army economically. However, they’d do this by using propaganda. In the novel “1984,” you can occasionally recognize random appearances of propaganda. It appears throughout a brainwashed society mostly and the inferior big brother. By using big brother and the government, the term, “Big Brother is always watching you,” is propaganda itself to make the citizens do as the government pleases. Some techniques that appear in the novel, “1984” are when the two minutes of hate comes on, there is name calling involved directed to whoever may be on the television during that hour of the day, or the big brother posters can be shown as a transfer, making the poster carry respect and authority. As well, another excellent example of this is when the government uses slogans such as “War is peace” as a type of propaganda, the technique used in this is cause and effect mismatch since it may be confusing to the citizens or readers of the book because it displays the exact opposite meaning of the word. Therefore, the novel “1984” is full of propaganda if you look really closely at what you are reading.
