A society in which every aspect of its residents is monitored is one which can be seen in the country of Oceania in George Orwell’s 1984 and North Korea in James Church’s A Corpse in the Koryo.
In both these totalitarian societies, the ability to have freedom and form an individual’s personality is impossible due to the governments control through the altering and falsification of historic documents, as well as the use of propaganda and fear tactics to stifle the citizen’s sense of freedom and individuality.

The altercation and falsification of historical documents as a tactic to cage the range of freedom of citizens is evident in both novels. In 1984, the Party – the ruling government of Oceanian, any source of information available