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War Oceania In George Orwell's '1984'

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The superstate of Oceania told its citizens constantly that they were at war with other superstates. In reality, the United States of America after 2001, they seemed to be at constant war against someone. The United States’ history of war is very similar to the war Oceania is facing because they both constantly change who they’re at war with. This leaves their citizens confused, and with hatred and bias against the people of those countries they’re at war with.

In “1984”, Oceania has told their citizens that they’re at war with Eurasia as their ally and Eastasia as their enemy. However, towards the end of the book, Winston tells his lover Julia that he remembers a time when Eurasia was the enemy, but the Party had rewritten it to make it Eastasia instead. Every citizen of Oceania is unaware of the change the Party makes on the war because they change every piece of information to make it look like they’ve been at war with Eastasia instead of what their information said before. All of this also shows the reader how the Party is able to change …show more content…

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