"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past." (George Orwell 1984 ch.3) This quote from Orwell's great story "1984" is a true example of how governments attempt to control our lives by changing and lying about the way information is presented to people. The creative idea of ​​brainwashing and the media effect was introduced by George Orwell in a dystopian novel published in 1949. The name of the story is 1984, a year that occurs thirty-five years later. Orwell tells us of a future world that allows neither freedom nor dreams. The citizens of Air Strip One, which is located in the Nation of Oceania, are considered machines that work for the party that defeats the people in the name of Big Brother. This powerful Big Brother rules through fear, propaganda and surveillance. In “1984,” “lies, myths and false information control the minds of citizens. The Party uses propaganda as the worst weapon of control. In 1949, Orwell directed his irony towards the rise to power of dictators like Adolf Hitler in 1984. Germany and Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union, first through his masterpiece Animal Farm, then through " 1984.” The novel predicts the future of humanity a few decades in the hope that people will rise up against tyrants and enjoy freedom. Whether or not the world in “1984” existed has not become a rhetorical question. Nowadays, governments heavily use programs that record phone calls, read emails and use the media to control them. “1984” is also a history lesson. it can be read like history books. The Party understands the power of history. A citizen educated to understand history would not allow the Party to survive....... middle of paper ...... India. for about three hundred years. Control of language leads to control of culture and history. Propaganda and surveillance are the main themes of "1984". The manipulative use of these two factors helps the Big Boss's party to control the minds of citizens and spy on their private lives. The threat of how Big Brother watches everyone all the time helps the government control every aspect of human life. Telescreens that brainwash citizens and monitor every minute of their lives, even in toilets, are everywhere in Air Strip One. In "1984", technology is not used for the good of people but to gain control over them. The party's propagandistic activities changing history, language and minds to change the nature of the people lie to them by pretending that enemies are friends, and to make people think the way the party needs them to think..