Totalitarian Regime in the Modern World: Part One

The author wrote his novel ‘1984’ to caution against the totalitarian regime and its consequences for people. The three states described in the novel represent the real states: America and Britain are united under the name Oceania, Russia is called Eurasia and Eastasia represents East Asian countries – Korea, China and Japan. The novel is an open warning for the future generations. When the book was written there existed more totalitarian governments than today. However, the totalitarian system has not disappeared and the North Korea is a vivid example of it.The book ‘1984’ is considered to be a political satire with its description of a totalitarian society that must face the real state of things after the war. The events depicted in the novel are relevant to the current situation in the North Korea. Since the late 1940s The Soviet Union tried to control the North Korea that could be described as the ‘communization’ of Korea with all further consequences. Despite its negative sides, the Soviets had positive aspects in totalitarism – a stable and efficient local government, which are described in ‘Animal farm’ and ‘Lord of the flies’. The economical and political stability in the country is the major positive side along with many negative ones. Russia’s aim was to make Korea its junior partner in the region and the same situation is seen even now. There are collective farms in the North Korea – one of the signs of communism and totalitarism.Collective farming means that there are no private owners and everything is common. The example of collective farming is the book ‘Animal farm’. Besides, the North Korean farmers are busy with the farming and are not allowed to move to another place. At present, the North Korea is a totalitarian state with almost complete absence of civil liberties. The country has a harsh censorship and does not have international relations like other civilized countries. Its future is bleak indeed. In 2005 The North Korea declared that it elaborated its own nuclear weapon. Consequently, the international relations of the North Korea with other countries cannot be based on the democracy and understanding. The state has long been under the influence of the Soviet Union. Thus, it shares many features of Russia: totalitarian system and others.