1 George Orwell's views on the future were astonishing but yet very creepy. His book 1984 is a chilling insight into the future. It could only be written with the conviction of George Orwell who believed it could actually happen. In 1903 George Orwell is born in Bengal, India on June 25. His family re-settles in England in 1907. Through 1911-1916 Orwell attends St. Cyprian's and after that he ... Animal Farm and 1984. The book Animal Farm, asked the question why did the Russian Revolution fall? It shows the vulnerability of humans. Orwell portrays his vision in animals that start a revolution...

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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...

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... published by George Orwell in 1949, the exact year the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. It was written to warn the world of the dangers of totalitarian regimes. In 1939, he traveled to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil War, where he witnessed firsthand the atrocities committed by fascist politics. The rise to power of dictators such as Adolf Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in the Soviet inspired Orwell's ... mounting hatred towards totalitarian and political authority. He in turn devoted his energy to writing such novels as Animal Farm as well as 1984. The basis of thi...

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