... upheaval and struggle for power after the second world war, George Orwell's novel 1984 cautions against the dangers of oppression and exemplifies the consequential nightmarish world of the near future. The plot traces the struggles of the main character, Winston Smith, as he attempts to rebel against the tyrannically insatiable Party, rulers of the superstate Oceania. In this terrifying glimpse of the future, independent thought, along with all other human values and ideals ... , enforced social hierarchy, and virtual complete control of reality. The novel 1984 epitomizes, if not exagger...

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... , and ignorance is strength. Throughout the novel, he clarifies and alters the meanings of these paradoxes as the plot advances. While these paradoxes are used to introduce the concept of doublethink in the beginning, they finish with many meanings which make sense in context to the dystopian society of 1984. Orwell uses the slogan "war is peace" to convey the terrible exploitation of people in his ... ; (33). Here, it appears that the war can be used as propaganda to raise patriotic fervor for Oceania. The continued footage of victory in battle raises the morale of the people as well as ...

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