Essay 1984
The United States of Soviet Oceania
In the world of 1984, people are regularly “vaporised” by the government; wiped out
from existence. Where did Nikolai Yezhov go in all the photos when Stalin decided
he was a threat and killed him? These disappearances aren’t the only thing Oceania
and the USSR share. It can be argued that the process of people elimination,
surveillance and dictatorship are similar to aspects of the Soviet Union.
The wiping out of people happened in the Soviet Union in the same way as it
happens in Oceania. Syme, a smart friend Winston often meets up with at the Outer
The United States of Soviet Oceania
In the world of 1984, people are regularly “vaporised” by the government; wiped out
from existence. Where did Nikolai Yezhov go in all the photos when Stalin decided
he was a threat and killed him? These disappearances aren’t the only thing Oceania
and the USSR share. It can be argued that the process of people elimination,
surveillance and dictatorship are similar to aspects of the Soviet Union.
The wiping out of people happened in the Soviet Union in the same way as it
happens in Oceania. Syme, a smart friend Winston often meets up with at the Outer
