... and antagonism. Furthermore, warfare is about demolishing a society's own wealth to not, "make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent," (191). George Orwell's novel, "1984," elucidates or explains a totalitarian civilization in Oceania where an individual, Winston Smith, ventures to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia, which is prohibited by the ... engaging, grating, and uncompromising. Along with the way of life, the privilege of ownership of certain items contradicts the inventory of what the Outer Party had access to....

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