William Lutz’s essay, “No One Died in Tiananmen Square”, relates to George Orwell’s depicted government of Oceania in 1984 in a multitude of ways. Lutz’s writing is similar to those of a person working in the Ministry of Truth as shown through his compliance to the government with his manipulation of the events. The Chinese government manipulation of the mind of the people to believe their truth over reality is shown through Lutz’s essay. General Li Zhiyun uses double-think when he states “There was no such thing as bloodshed on Tiananmen Square…” and later contradicts that with the statement, “If we didn’t use military force we couldn’t have cleared the Square”. William Lutz also writes “the testimony of our own eyes cannot and should not