Oceania...

George Orwell depicts the society of Oceania as one in which Big Brother forces it's people to believe whatever Big Brother wants them to believe. They censor everything to a rediculous extent. The words he uses to describe the landscape and the surroundings are rather bleak. He says that there is no color even though the sky is blue. It's like the people are brainwashed to not see color, only in the posters. And the posters are another thing. The society must feel under extreme scrutiny with all the "Big Brother is watching you" posters everywhere. They must feel like they can't do anything without being seen. Even thinking something "negative" is against what Big Brother wants, so it is punished. They live as Big Brother wants them to live. They do what Big Brother wants them to do. They say what Big Brother wants them to say. It's like they aren't real people anymore, just Big Brother's pets. If I want my dog to do something, she will do it. It's the same idea. The people feel like even though they aren't people, they are secure. Security is more important than free thinking. If they think freely, there security is gone. They are "vaporized." The fact that everyone is the same makes them feel uniform, like they are a part of something bigger than just themselves. They want to belong and the uniformity grants that.

It seems as though Orwell feels negatively about humanity. He probably saw the people around them as "pets." They followed what they were told, whether by their religion, government, family, etc. He probably thought that the people are not really their own people.