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George Orwell’s reason for writing 1984 was to provide a strong warning to the world about the dangerous consequences of communism and totalitarianism. When Orwell first published 1984 the year was 1949 and the cold war had not yet escalated. ... Winston is a quiet yet rebellious citizen that lives in Oceania in the year 1984. ... The only glimpse the world had at a totalitarian rule was Hitler’s Nazi Germany in World War II. ... Opposed to a communist rule, George Orwell wrote this book to provide a glimpse into the possible future under a totalitarian government. ... 1984 illustrates how this would affect the daily lives of the citizens caught in the Communist regime. ...
In the nightmare state of 1984 the rulers devote a great deal of time- which means that the author and readers have to devote a great deal of time- to a curious kind of anti-sexual propaganda. ... This shows the governments total control over its citizens. ... “He even puts a date to it – 1984 – and that perhaps is what makes his prophecy so chilling” (Hatch 303). ...
In 1949 this type of totalitarian government was a definite possibility if Communist Russia and Nazi Germany had not been defeated. Fifty-four years have now passed since George Orwell first published 1984 and the horrors that he described were not accurate for predicting the future, but he did succeed in warning the world of the possibility of a totalitarian government. ...
As a friend of individualism, Orwell worries in 1984: “If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?
Approximate Word count = 1251
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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