O'Brien Versus the Operative

A totalitarian government is one in which all people must strictly follow the rules of one person, or group of powerful people. The citizens of a country under this certain decree mustn't think for themselves and they have to blindly follow the rules that the government sets, without any exceptions. In all totalitarian governments, there are, of course, certain people who enforce these rules and "fix" the people who rebel against the government. In the novel 1984, the character O'Brien uses successful tactics to reel in people to his traps where he brainwashes them, whereas in "Serenity" the Operative uses a less successful, and more straightforward way of trying to brainwash people. First, O'Brien befriended Winston and pretended to be a rebel like him, in order to catch him easier, while the Operative was always shown as the enemy, and he was always known as part of the government. Second, while both O'Brien and the Operative used manipulative tactics to brainwash people, O'Brien made it impossible for people to escape his hold, while the Operative allowed River and Simon to escape him. Lastly, in all of his works, O'Brien was trying to prove the point that he was brainwashing because the people will have a better life if they follow the government, while the Operative was doing all of these things people to follow the government so that they could live a "sinless" life. Overall, the Operative was not as successful as O'Brien in his works because he did not use the same tactics that O'Brien did. O'Brien and the Operative were both strict representatives of their communities and tried to coerce people to follow the totalitarian government.

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