AO3 (context in 1984)

AO3 (context in 1984)

1. Eileen (Orwell's wife) worked at the Censorship Department at the Ministry of Information during WW2; the inspiration for the Ministries in 1984

2. Some scholars suggest the novel is based on Eileen's poems 'End of the Century, 1984'

   • Similarities of poems and novel - mind control and eradication of personal freedom by a police state

3. Sonia Brownell is believed to be the model for Julia

4. After Eileen died, Orwell became really lonely

5. Originally titled 'The Last Man in Europe'

6. Black uniforms resemble the SS

7. Hitler Youth; children as spies/Junior Anti-Sex League

8. Communist & Fascist regimes which Orwell was against

   • Satire