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 held by the select few as opposed to the many. ... To gain a deeper understanding and context of Nineteen Eighty-Four, with its heavy political and social commentary, it is worth briefly considering the author himself, George Orwell. ... The experience...

• Word Count: 1916
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• Grade Level: Graduate

In George Orwell's novel, "1984," it shows a world of deep government control. ... Technology is also used to help rewrite history and other information to keep the people from having any thoughts that are their own. ... Social aspects of a person are to help the government either by rallies or time spent in activities. ... Even though this book was written post WWII, Orwell wrote it after witnessing how Totalitarian governments (i.e. ... Re writing history was what was done in Russia when Stalin was in Power as many other government controlled methods mention in 1984. ...

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Brave New World Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwells's Nineteen Eighty-four are the most influential futuristic novels of the 20th century (Firchow 83). In Orwell's story the state controls its citizens with fear and punishment. Winston Smith (protagonist of 1984) is forced to love Big Brother by the starving rats in room 101. ... This new technology multiplied the world's grain harvest 2.6 times between the years 1950-1984 (Brown 18). ... In his essay "Environmental change and Violent Conflict", Thomas F. ...

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Comparison Essay: Future of Computers and Humanity What does the future have in store for the human race? ... (John Ibbitson, 366) At this point we may need artificial help to fill jobs that humans have outdated such as factory work and data entry. So far in our efforts to advance technology, computers have given us a few scares such as the Y2K bug, but in the most part have been nothing but full of options to help us complete any task. ... George Orwell is an author that wrote 1984, a novel setting forth his fears of an intrusively bureaucratized state of the future...

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• Grade Level: High School