Doublethink In George Orwell's 1984

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“1984” is a novel written by George Orwell in 1949. The book follows a man named Winston, who is living in a dystopian version of the London we have today. The novel chronicles Winston rebelling against the authoritarian and controlling government. Winston, who is a government worker, begins to really think about how the government treats the people. He begins to document what life is like, by writing a journal. The book describes us just how authoritarian the government is. Things like 2+2=5 and doublethink, are used to show us how much of a grip The Party has on its people. Doublethink is the ability to hold two contradictory opinions at the same time about the same question. The novel continues with Winston beginning to rebel. He starts