Big Brother, the dictatorial leader of Oceania, enjoys an intense cult of personality, manufactured by the party’s excessive brainwashing techniques. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of the totalitarian superstate Oceania, ruled by the Party, who employ the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negations, and propaganda. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and how they are manipulated. Orwell, a democratic socialist, modeled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. The story centers on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of people and behaviors within society.
It was published on 8 June 1949 as Orwell’s ninth and final book. 1984 pdf is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale written by English writer George Orwell.
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