The Party desires to control every aspect of Winston Smith's life; his work, his ideologies, his attitude, his thoughts, his appearance, everything. The Thought Police, Big Brother and Ingsoc are embodiments of everything that author George Orwell hated about government. 1984, a book written by Orwell, depicts a society called Oceania, in which reckless citizens obey the Party, a totalitarian regime. Totalitarianism is defined as a political system in which a centralized government does not tolerate any form of political dissent and seeks to control many, if not all, aspects of public and private life. Another book by George Orwell, Animal Farm, is an allegory about the Soviet Union, in which farm animals subscribe to a belief system, close to Marxism, called Animalism. Eventually, the Pigs take over the farm, with one of them, Napoleon, as leader. They rule the farm with an iron fist, using the fact that the other animals on the farm are much less intelligent than them. “Harrison Bergeron,” a short story created by author Kurt Vonnegut, is about the United States in the 2080s, where people are equal thanks to devices that handicap their strengths. The dynamic and divine character, Harrison Bergeron, manages to free himself from his handicaps, but ends up being killed by an executive of the American government. The authors of these novels and stories, George Orwell in particular, display their distaste for totalitarianism through the fictional governments they create, the way they portray these governments as villains, and their characters' desire for a better life . In 1984, George Orwell created a complex fascist government with a lust for power and control, and this type of government is illustrated in other pages...... middle of paper ...... governments rials were commonplace, and although they are fewer in number, these regimes still exist and continue to jeopardize human rights. Orwell's novels symbolize the themes of the 20th and 21st centuries. The year 1984 and the society or government within it show the dangers of inhibited technological progress or a halt to human progress. Animal Farm is an allegory about the USSR and, as such, is relevant to the lasting effects of the Cold War on the world. Winston Smith emotionally resisted the torture inflicted by the Party, convinced that the government and its system that he hated would never change him. Works Cited Orwell, George. 1984. New York: New American Library, 1949. Print. Orwell, George. Animal farm. New York: New American Library, 1946. Print. Vonnegut, Kurt. "Harrison Bergeron". tnellen.com. np 1961. the web. April 16 2014.