The Lack of Rights in Oceania In George Orwell’s novel 1984, clearly the citizens of Oceania have no discernible rights. They are not allowed to speak for themselves, they cannot have personal relationships with anyone, and above all, they must abide by whatever the Party and Big Brother tell them to do. They live in fear that their every action could be reported to the Ministry of Love, which could torture them until they love …showed first 75 words of 1748 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1748 total…The people of Oceania are victims of their society and government. They do not have the right to do anything, which deprives them of a reason to live. One should not have to live their lives according to what one person or party says. People need freedom. George Orwell sums this up very well by saying, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.”