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ORWELL
AND
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
PAG.392
HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH THE WORKING CLASS, EVEN HIS MIDDLE CLASS BACKGROUND.
HE WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE POOR
, LIKE DICKENS. IN FACT, ORWELL INSPIRED TO HIM.
HE THOUGHT THAT THE
AIM OF THE WRITER WAS TO INFORM, TO HELP THE READER TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH
TO DO THAT, HE USED A
REALISTIC LANGUAGE
AND, HE INSISTED ON
SOCIAL THEMES
, SUCH AS: TOLERANCE, JUSTICE, HUMAN RELATIONSHIP AND ALL THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES COMING OUT OF POVERTY
ALL OF THESE THEMES LEAD HIM
NOT TO STAND ANY FORM OF TOTALITARISM
1984
IS A BOOK SET IN THE FUTURE, IN THE YEAR WHEN EVENTS TAKE PLACE
IT WAS
WRITTEN IN 1948
, SO THE LAST TWO NUMBERS WERE REVERSED TO GIVE THE TITLE OF THE NOVEL (SETTING IN TIME)
THE NOVEL WAS SET IN ENGLAND, CALLED
AIRSTRIP ONE
(THE SETTING IN PLACE), WHICH IS PART OF A HUGE COUNTRY, CALLED
OCEANIA
, THAT INCLUDES: AMERICA, AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA
THE NOVEL DESCRIBES A
FUTURE WORLD DIVIDED INTO THREE BLOCKS: OCEANIA EURASIA AND ESTASIA
OCEANIA IS RULED BY
THE PARTY
CALLED
INGSOC
THAT IS THE NEWSPEAK WORD FOR ENGLISH SOCIALISM.
AND THE LEADER IS THE
BIG BROTHER
.
TOGETHER, THEY CONTROL ALL THE PEOPLE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSES THROUGH
BIG POSTERS
WITH A BIG FACE, WITH A BIG MUSTACHE AND HIS EYES FOLLOW YOU WHEN YOU MOVE
UNDER THE POSTERS, THERE IS A PHRASE:
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
, WHERE "WATCHING" MEANS
CONTROLLING
THERE IS NO PRIVACY BECAUSE
PEOPLE AT HOME
ARE CONTROLLED THROUGH HELICOPTERS AND THE
TELESCREEN
, WHICH CAN'T BE TURNED OFF. THEY GIVE NEWS ABOUT POLITICS AND ECONOMY AND CATCH WHTEVER PEOPLE DO AND SAY.
IN ORDER
TO CONTROL PEOPLE'S LIVES
, THE PARTY USES
NEWSPEAK
, AN INVENTED LANGUAGE WITH A LIMITED NUMBERS OF WORDS, SO PEOPLE FIND IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS
LOVE IS FORBIDDEN
BUT THERE ARE THE
TWO MINUTES HATE
AND THE COUNTRY IS PERPETUALLY IN WAR.
THE PARTY HAS ABSOLUTE
CONTROL OF THE PRESS, COMMUNICATION, PROPAGANDA, LANGUAGE, HISTORY AND THOUGHT
.
ANY FORM OF
REBELLION AGAINST THE PARTY
IS PUNISHED WITH PRISON AND TORTURE.
NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THE THOUGH POLICE CONNECTS ITSELF TO TELESCREENS.
SOCIETY
IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE
MEMBERS OF THE PARTY
AND THE
COMMON PEOPLE
, WHO LIVE IN BAD CONDITIONS
THERE IS NO PRIVACY: THE PARTY CONTROLS AND MANIPULATES PEOPLE MIND, THROUGH
THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH
, THAT HAS TWO FUNCTIONS:
IT CONSTANTLY
REDUCES THE VOCABULARY
TO THE POINT WHEN THERE WOULD BE VERY FEW WORDS, AND, AT THAT POINT, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK AND TO REACT AGAINST THE PARTY (WITH FEW WORDS, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE THOUGHTS AND TO REACT AGAINST ANOTHER THOUGHT)
IT CONSTANTLY
REWRITES HISTORY
, ADAPTING IT TO THE POLITICAL NEED OF THE MOMENT, SO THE HISTORICAL MEMORY IS TOTALLY CANCELLED
IN THIS POSTER, THE READER COULD RECOGNISE THE RUSSIAN DICTATOR,
STALIN
, BUT, IN ORWELL'S MIND, BIG BROTHER WAS ANY DICTATOR (NOT A SPECIFIC ONE)
BIG BROTHER
HAS BECOME THE
SYMBOL OF THE TOTAL CONTROL OF INDIVIDUALS' LIFE BY MASS MEDIA
(IT HAPPENS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY