In Nineteen Eighty-four and Brave New World, the controlling states effectively manipulate the population’s thoughts, through various controlling factors unique to each novel. In both novels, history is distorted or altered completely, and the emotions and thoughts of the populations are controlled by a successful combination of thoughts and ideas. The states in both Brave New World and Nineteen Eight-four are led by high-powered minority groups which oversee the rest of the population, although …showed first 75 words of 4574 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4574 total…ugly and impotent; the right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat; the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen tomorrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind.” There was a long silence. “I claim them all,” said the Savage at last. Mustapha Mond shrugged his shoulders. “You’re welcome,” he said.