Contrary to modern day America, in the novel "1984," by George Orwell, the government seems to have mastered keeping all of the citizens of Oceania fooled almost constantly. ... Orwell wrote 1984 to warn us of the possibility of a totalitarian state like The Party coming to rule and there is a chance that we could end up under a government or figure such as Big Brother. ... George Orwell's cautionary novel, "1984," tells of a totalitarian state where the government controls every single aspect of its inhabitants lives through unorthodox methods such as torture and brainwashing. ...

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Some individuals, however, have already predicted the government would develop a form of constant surveillance, like George Orwell. ... It was the police patrol, snooping into people's windows" (Orwell 2). ... This recording system is comparable to Orwell's "telescreens.... There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime, it was called" (Orwell 62). ... George Orwell's "Big Brother" and the United States government stretch their hand beyond their allowed reach into the lives of their people, which they validate with a promise of protection and the j...

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George Orwell's 1984 follows protagonist, Winston Smith, as he struggles to survive under a totalitarian government by outwardly conforming to mask his inner desire to rebel. ... Clement's Church (Orwell 86). ... to avoid the savage, flesh-eating rats (Orwell 256). ... Eventually, he "[loves] Big Brother " and his ultimate sacrifice contributes to his chances of living (Orwell 266). ... In the end, Winston's many sacrifices allow him to "[win] the victory over himself" and become a survivor (Orwell 266)....

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Winston Smith lives his life by this ideal and strives to rebel against his neglectful government. 1984 is a dystopian novel written by George Orwell which tells the story of Winston Smith, an outer party member of the totalitarian Ingsoc (English Socialism Party), for whom he censors news and histories: "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" (Orwell, 227). ... Orwell envisions the future that he feared to be realistic and portrays it in 1984. ... She had become a physical necessity" (Orwell, 140). ... And we will have become the ...

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This essentially describes the society that is found in Airstrip One in Oceania in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. ... As Orwell stated in this novel that "Those who control the present, control the past, thus controlling the future." ...

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