... as we know it subsist living in fear? These questions haunt readers of George Orwell's "1984- from the beginning to the end of the novel. At least Orwell hopes that readers will leave 1984 accepting the possibility enough to question government and tread cautiously into the future. Orwell intends to portray Oceania just realistically enough to convince contemporary readers that such a society has, in fact, ... history, or fail to guard against tyrannical, totalitarian governments. From the moment readers meet Winston Smith, and hear the tone at which Orwell wrote, they know this isn't ...

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... I have to state that there is no likeable person in the book - apart from Alex who can at least be called quite smart - or anyone capable of looking through the deceptions of the government and the self-deceptions of man. Therefore Burgess" future report is a quite depressing novel, related to dystopian classics like "1984" and "Brave New World". It is important now to ... , totalitarian country, as well as in "1984". While we clearly know that the setting of "1984" arose from post-war England, we must suppose the same for "A Clockwork Orange". The names of the places and protagonists, so...

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