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1984 (George Orwell
(1903-1949) (Life (Born Eric Blair in India in 1903.,…
1984
George Orwell
(1903-1949)
Life
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He joined the BBC (1943), broadcasting cultural and political programmes.
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He was a book-reviewer, critic and political journalist.
Social themes
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Promote tolerance, justice and decency in human relationships.
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A dystopian novel
Main Characters
Julia
Winston becomes attracted to Julia at work. Winston fear she is a member of the Thought Police until she slips him a love note.
O'Brien
Winston is drawn to the revolutionary Brotherhood. He then seek out their leader, O'Brien, who plan to share the Brotherhood's manifesto.
Winston Smith
He is the protagonist of 1984 and a sort of Hero because he took action rebellion and he showed the right attitude for what is right.
Winston like Winston churchill (England's great leader during World War II) and Smit, common last name for common person.
Big Brother
He is a party member but he is not a real person. He is all-present, all-powerful and forever watching.
Themes
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Warfare
It a necessary tool of a totalitarian state. Warfare keeps citizens in constant fear, then they willingly submit to the control of the Party.
Manipulation
Room 101
It is the place where O'Brien tortures winston. Faced with his deeper fear, rats, winston tells O'Brien to tortured julia insted.
Telesceens
Telescreen are show television programmes and can watch you at same time. They can never be turned off by ordinary party members. They help the party to control individual activity.
Rebellion
Brotherhood
It is a mysterious and fictitious dissident organization headed by Emmanuel Goldstein. He writed the book "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism"
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Memory and the past
Ministry of Truth
It is the ministry of propaganda. Its purpose is to rewrite history to change the facts to fit Party doctrine for propaganda effect
Doublethink
It is the ability to believe simuntaneously in contradictory opinions when it's ideologically convenient.
Repression
Thought-crime
Thoughtcrime describes a person's politically unorthodox thoughts, such as unspoken beliefs and doubts that contradict the tenets of Ingsoc the dominant ideology of Oceania.
Face-crime
A facecrime is a facial expression that betrays an emotion that is considered incorrect or undesirable by the ruling authority.
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