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George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four - Coggle Diagram
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
Biography
British writer
Real name: Eric Arthur Blair
Lived in the twentieth century
Interested in political and social problems
Important experiences
Colonialism
Spanish Civil War
Twentieth-century totalitarianism
Main themes
Political control
Propaganda
Manipulation of truth
Loss of freedom
Criticism of totalitarian regimes
Dystopian novel
Definition
A novel that describes a negative future society
It shows control, fear and lack of freedom
Purpose
Warn the reader about political and social dangers
Make people reflect on the present
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Genre
Dystopian novel
Setting
A society controlled by the Party
Totalitarian state
Constant surveillance
Main character
Winston Smith
Works at the Ministry of Truth
Looks for freedom and truth
Big Brother
Symbol of absolute power
Controls every citizen
Represents surveillance and fear
The Party
Controls society
Decides what is true
Destroys free thought
Main themes
Totalitarianism
Surveillance
Propaganda
Censorship
Control of language
Manipulation of history
Loss of identity
Newspeak
Language created by the Party
Reduces the number of words
Limits thought
Doublethink
Accepting two opposite ideas as both true
Used to control people’s minds
Ministry of Truth
Changes news and documents
Controls historical memory
Message
Freedom depends on truth
Control of language and information can destroy free thought
Connections
History
Totalitarianism
Nazism
Stalinism
Citizenship
Freedom of thought
Privacy
Human rights
Computer science
Digital surveillance
Data control
Artificial intelligence