... possible society to avoid using a harsh view of totalitarian life. The book's subject matter starts off with meeting Winston Smith as he traveled home in Airstrip One of Oceania. We are also introduced to Big Brother the main antagonist in this book. In the first chapter it is April 4th 1984, Mr. Smith is explaining the dreariness and seemingly destitute city in which he lives in. He ... of his wife and how Big Brother governed their life. At the end of the book Winston is in the Ministry of Love, the house in which people are tortured for their crimes. He then finds OBrien and find out...

• Word Count: 1295
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 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-states where knowledge and information are heavily regulated ... which it is worth making comparisons. Given the socio-political and economical nature of Marxist theories in general and of the book itself, it is predictable that the analysed area will be focused mainly on the...

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