Thesis: The lies in Ericsson’s article, “The Ways We Lie”, relate to George Orwell's novel, 1984, by demonstrating how a government lies in order to control a populace into complete submission and love for their country.
Facades: To begin, facades were necessary to control the population of Oceania, a facade illustrates someone thinking something they not do not. A simple man, Mr. Charrington, owns a secondhand store in the proles district, Winston trusts him to a point where he asks to rent the upstairs and Mr. Charrington happily obliged. Little did Winston know, Mr. Charrington's setup was all a facade, Mr. Charrington ratted out Winston to the Ministry of Truth. In that moment, Winston realizes “that for the first time in his life…show more content… A stereotype illustrates the thought of certain groups do things based on the rumors of few in the group. For example, every group or party in Oceania has designated drinks for their party, which resembles their class. One of these drinks, Victory Gin, which only the Outer Party receives, shows the stereotype of their class. These drinks, a status symbol, make many form stereotypes on people who have these drinks. Therefore, Outer Party members drink Victory Gin, and Inner party members drink Coffee according to the stereotype. Winston breaks the stereotype when he gains access to coffee “it’s coffee, he murmured, real coffee. It’s inner party coffee. There’s a whole kilo here, she said” (Orwell 141). If anyone saw Winston in the moment, when he had coffee, people would mistake him as a member of the Inner Party, when in reality, he works in the Outer Party. The government uses these stereotypes to put everyone in a social clique where the love for Big Brother serves as the only similarity. The government, the one who brings everyone together, can easily control information between the cliques. With the information controlled, everyone loves Big Brother and unknowingly follow him for keeping everything together. Lastly, stereotypes help keep everyone loyal, allowing a restriction on information to keep the populace loving towards Big
