George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four describes a futuristic alternate reality where a totalitarian government tyrannises the population through constant surveillance, public mind control, propaganda and on-going overseas war. Orwell uses his novel to foreshadow and predict the state of world affairs following World War 2 leading up to 1984, the year in which the book is set, and the effects unchecked, rampant capitalism has had on the ... its heavy political and social commentary, it is worth briefly considering the author himself, George Orwell. An anarchist in the 1920s...

• Word Count: 1916
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Graduate