1984: Lack of Humanity Humanity includes a person’s range of emotions, the actions that result from them, and a person’s identity. If the government can control the humanity of its people, then the government is in complete control of its people. In George Orwell’s 1984, the government is just like that. The Inner Party (often referred to simply as the Party), the governing force in Oceania, hopes that by removing people’s humanity, it can control each and one of them. The Party only controls the civilians, because the citizens allow the Party to. The people of Oceania know no other way of life. They grew up with no emotions, no freedom, and no identity