1984

1984

1. George Orwell

2. Dystopian type novel

   • Censorship
     • Surveillance

3. Published in 1949

4. Airstrip One - Great Britain

   • Oceania

5. Perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance and public manipulation

6. Newspeak-governments invented language

   • "2+2=5"
     • Thought Police
     • "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree"
   • "Breaking the language down to the bone" Changing phrases into a word - newspeak. "Minustry of truth" > MiniTrue

7. George Orwell was trying to warn us with his creation of this novel. It s his prediction for the horrible future.

8. Positive Nationalism

   • Oceanian's perpetual love for Big Brother - Celtic nationalism and British Israelis' are defined by love (as Orwell argues)

9. Negative Nationalism

   • Oceanians' perpetual hatred for Emmanual Goldstein; Stalinism, Anglophobia and anitsemitism are (as Orwell argues) defined by hatred.
     • Two minutes of hate - Short pep-talks given to workers before their shifts began. Screaming and angry phrases yelled at to the screen

10. Futurology

    • In the book, Inner party member O'Brien describes the Party's vision of the future.
    • "There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. Always there will be intoxication of power"