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1984 Book Report

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The book “1984” revolves around a man named Winston Smith, an innocent and kind man in a scrambled up totalitarian world in Oceania. Winson is works for the Ministry of Truth, he is responsible for historical revision in his world, such as writing newspapers to match historic records to support the party line. In contrast to Winston's job at the Ministry of Truth, he does the rebellious act of writing in a diary, it seeks to reconfigure language as something subjective and personal. The reader is seeing through his point of view; the suffering and pain citizens have to endure, we well as the constant historic changes in the world of Oceania. There is absolutely no privacy in this world, except in undisclosed areas, two-way telescreens are installed in every public and private room in Oceania including bathrooms. Oceania is heavily policed and monitored by two-way telescreens, the Police Patrol and the Thought Police. We learn that the Party monitors its citizens through these …show more content…

“War is Peace. Slavery is Freedom. Ignorance is Strength.” These all go against normal civilization rules, the point was to show the reader how upside down Winston’s world is, where everything that is not encouraged in a real world is. Winson struggles with these rules as it is his job to keep up with changed history. The events took place in London, 1984. The political regime called Ingsoc seeks out ways to control the minds and private lives of its citizens and ruled by a mythical “Big Brother.” Big Brother is sinister, mustachioed face symbolizing the Party's power is completely inescapable. Any history that has occurred can change and everyone has to recognize it as what had happened the entire time or else they will vanish as punishment due to the way Big Brother deals with those who lie outside of established perimeters. This demonstrates the extent the government goes through to eliminate

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Many a literary critic claims that the strongest aspect of the book 1984 by George Orwell is its plot. Indeed, there is some merit in this conclusion, as the entire purpose of Orwell’s writing of this book was not to create a literary classic, but to warn the public about the dangers of communism if it got out of hand, and what better way to do this than to write an engaging plot? Others may claim that 1984’s greatest strength is in its character development. This aspect, too, is quite strong in the book, as not only are the minor characters effected in serving the dystopian theme, but the major characters are believable and very human in their failings. Winston’s transformation from an oppressed office worker to revolutionary and finally

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