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Nineteen Eighty-Four is a compelling novel,written in the period just after W.W.II. It details the life of one man, Winston Smith, and his struggles with an undoubtedly fascist government. The book is set approximately in the year 1984, in which Winston's society is ruled by a governing force known as "The Party". At the head of this government is a fictional figure known as Big Brother, to whom all citizens must love and respect. In this society, privacy and freedom do not exist. People are constantly monitored by telescreens, and subjected to a constant barrage of propaganda. Any devious thought or action is dealt with by cruel and deadly punishment. Winston is a worker in one of the government agencies. His job: to rewrite the past so that The Party, specifically Big Brother, appears to be omnipotent. From as long as he can remember, he has despised The Party and what it stood for, although he doesn't reveal his true feelings to anyone around him. When Winston begins a torrid love affair with one of the young women in his agency named Julia, he finds someone else who shares in his beliefs. The two have several meetings throughout the book, in which they discuss their hatred for the government. They join a secret a
accomplishes its stronghold on the people. The world as Winston knows it comes crashing down when he and Julia are just a hollow shell. Winston had once said in the novel that if he could die hating Big Brother, then he would have won. But easy thing to manipulate. If the government can convince a child, even reward them for turning in family members and loved those used by Hitler or any controlling government for that matter. One of these ways is by propaganda. With telescreens in granted were taken away, we might find life to be like it is in the novel. I could not imagine living when anything I believed
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Approximate Word count = 1440
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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