The plot traces the struggles of the main character, Winston Smith, as he attempts to rebel against the tyrannically insatiable Party, rulers of the superstate Oceania. ... The novel 1984 epitomizes, if not exaggerates, the horrors of a totalitarian collectivism, where a government can claim that a contradiction, such as two and two makes five, is true, and the hive mind will believe it. The concept of language as a confining tool is an exceptionally important message of the book, and this is used to its full potential in the official language of Oceania, Newspeak. ... In 1984, Ingsoc has mast...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In George Orwell's novel, "1984," it shows a world of deep government control. ... Newspeak is the official language of Oceania that limits words used in any conversations, that has to do with expressing thoughts and emotions. ... The ongoing war that is happening at the present , between Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia stems from this major atomic global war, which happen possibly after World War II, when Russia took over all of Europe, and America took over Great Britain empire and became Oceania, and Eastasia was establish by taking over the east Asia. ... The government uses some metho...

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• Grade Level: High School

In 1949, he published 1984. ... To begin with, 1984 has an abundant amount of violence. ... The Newspeak dictionary is a fictional language used in 1984. ... The Thought Police are the secret police of Oceania. ... Posters of Big Brother are everywhere in Oceania. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four describes a futuristic alternate reality where a totalitarian government tyrannises the population through constant surveillance, public mind control, propaganda and on-going overseas war. Orwell uses his novel to foreshadow and predict the state of world affairs following World War 2 leading up to 1984, the year in which the book is set, and the effects unchecked, rampant capitalism has had on the world, leading it to develop into three global super-states where knowledge and information are heavily regulated and supreme power is ...

• Word Count: 1916
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

The novel "1984," by George Orwell, is a well-crafted story of a dystopian society. ... Orwell portrays an amazing example of such a governmental control in the novel "1984", by creating the government system famously known as Big Brother. ... The Inner Party is the highest class in the civilization known as Oceania, and only makes up 2% of its population. ... The proles make up the biggest population of Oceania at 85 %. ... The totalitarian system depicted in George Orwell's "1984" is such an intricate and detailed view of what our own government could look...

• Word Count: 1753
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School