Nineteen Eighty-Four (mostly written 1984) is a 1948 dystopian fiction written

by George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair), about a society ruled by an oligarchical

dictatorship. The Oceanian province of Airstrip One is a world of perpetual war,

pervasive government surveillance, and incessant public mind control. Oceania is

ruled by a political party called simply The Party. The individual is always

subordinated to the state, and it is in part this philosophy which allows the

Party to manipulate and control humanity. In the Ministry of Truth, protagonist

Winston Smith is a civil servant responsible for perpetuating the Party’s

propaganda by revising historical records to render the Party omniscient and

always correct, yet his meager existence disillusions him to the point of

seeking rebellion against Big Brother.

Many people often draw parallels between our modern reality and Orwell’s vision.

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