... -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 world, leading it to develop into three global super ... open for interpretation from a Marxist perspective. Its heavy theme of the oppressed versus the oppressors is clear throughout th...

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