AN ANALYSIS OF FREEDOM UNDER TOTALITARIAN POWER IN THE NOVEL “1984” BY GEORGE ORWELL
(1) * Maudi Aisyah Putri Mail (Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)
(2) Jamaluddin Nasution Nasution2 Mail (Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)
(3) Icha Rizky Salsabila Mail (Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)
(4) Maulida Apriliani Lubis Mail (Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)
(5) Chanda Harciwi Queen Mail (Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)
*corresponding author

Abstract


This study examines institutional control and restrictions on individual freedom in the novel “1984” by George Orwell from a literary sociology perspective. The objectives are to identify forms of institutional control, analyse how institutional structures limit individual autonomy and social justice, and explain the relevance of these issues in modern society. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with a literature review approach. The primary data source consists of selected chapters from the novel, while the data include dialogues, narratives, and events related to surveillance, ideological control, truth manipulation, resistance, and freedom restrictions. Data were collected using the observe-and-record method and analysed through the interactive analysis model by Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña. The findings reveal that institutional control is carried out through technological surveillance, ideological influence, psychological domination, and manipulation of historical truth. These mechanisms gradually reduce individual autonomy, freedom of expression, rationality, and privacy. The study concludes that the novel portrays the power of totalitarian institutions in controlling both social behaviour and human thought, making it a relevant social critique of modern society.


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institutional control; individual freedom; totalitarianism; power domination

   

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