... people, that are mixed up. The plot is not merely a boy meets girl story, but helps to pull the characters through the story. For Orwell's purposes, the plot need not be too complex, for it might detract from his message. By keeping the time frame of 1984 to a short period and involving relatively few main characters, Orwell focuses on the important issues of totalitarianism and total government ... Minutes Hate and Winston's electroshock treatment. By using normal surroundings and twisting them, Orwell communicates the idea that our own world is vulnerable to the tyranny portrayed in O...

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... , and sounds, especially in the scenes of torture, make the plot more meaningful. In spite of the many descriptions, the story of Winston unfolds in a rapid enough manner to make the plot interesting for the reader from beginning to end. As a result, 1984 is a memorable novel with a plot that fully involves the reader and a theme that still has meaning for contemporary times. Society and Polity in the Novel (THEMES) 1984 is a scathing criticism of past ... brings up images of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Stalin. The description of Emmanuel Goldstein, as the enemy of the Party...

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... , one of three superstates in the world of 1984. Big Brother, the given to the government in the book, has developed its own language, is at constant war with the other two superstates, and watches its citizens at all times. The book starts off with Winston slowly figuring out that Big Brother is not exactly what it seems and in this society thinking for yourself has become punishable by death ... really behind Big Brother; Oceania's government sends a representative into the plot. A government, very similar to many of the governments in our present society, is at the head of Oceania, an...

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... , and ignorance is strength. Throughout the novel, he clarifies and alters the meanings of these paradoxes as the plot advances. While these paradoxes are used to introduce the concept of doublethink in the beginning, they finish with many meanings which make sense in context to the dystopian society of 1984. Orwell uses the slogan "war is peace" to convey the terrible exploitation of people in his ... ; (33). Here, it appears that the war can be used as propaganda to raise patriotic fervor for Oceania. The continued footage of victory in battle raises the morale of the people as well as ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate