BNW vs. 1984 govt.

There are not many similarities that I can find. I mostly find differences in techniques that each governmental system uses but some of the similarities in their ideals are.

• The major one is that both societies are controlled by one entity. The people are completely loyal to the state, for the most part until some half crazed person comes in and disrupts the entire flow of the system and just screws everything up for everyone.
• Control of the masses. In Both societies they control the masses by how they think. In BNW it was hypnopedia, in 1984 it's the type of speech that the people use.
• Both societies are always checking up on their people, sortof. In BNW they 'check up' on their people by controlling how smart they are and also with word of mouth, if someone gets to smart for their own good they are moved to a new sector. In 1984 they can literally see every move you make and can hear everything you say or do and if you have too much thinking going on then they vaporize you.
• I don't think that this has to do much with the government necessarily but I thought that it was interesting that both of the protagonists in these books are male. I think that was just the stereotype at the time but it just seems interesting to me that people of that day who were writing about changing the system didn't go off the reservation and write about a woman who was changing the status quo.
• In both societies the government tries to fill as much time as possible with tasks that do not allow you to think on your own. In BNW it was electro-golf, in 1984 it's hate minute or just the stereotype that if you are alone you are wierd and it's bad to do that.
• Both governments lie to their people about what is really going on. In BNW the government tells it's people that they are happy, and they are, to an extent. In 1984 the government tells it's people that war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength which to a certain extent is but after that it just doesn't make any sense.
• Lastly in both books the protagonist is trapped because of the fact that true free will is supressed by the government