One year before his death in 1950, George Orwell published a book entitled 1984.  Since then, the novel has become a bible to people all over the world.  The enthusiasm is not only due to the fact that the novel is written so eloquently, and with such foresight, but also because it makes a bold statement about humanity.
    1984’s main character is Winston Smith, a man who doubts the righteousness of the totalitarian government (Big Brother) that rules Oceania, one of three superstates in the world of 1984. The government has developed its own language, is at constant war with the other two superstates, and watches its citizens at all times.  As the story progresses, we notice that the situation is not as unrealistic as we think.
    Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia are the three battling superstates.    

Each state has an identical government; one that is at perpetual war in order to gain complete power over its inhabitants. The process used to gain absolute power is one used by past, present, and future dictators, such as Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler.  Big Brother manipulates its citizens into convenient modes of thinking.  However, instead of only using propaganda techniques, Big Brother also uses Newspeak and telescreens.  Newspeak is the official language of Oceania, and has its sole purpose in abolishing all unorthodox thought. The telescreens monitor each citizen that is allowed to be educated, at all times, watching for any action, word, or possible thought that could be unorthodox.
    Orwell brings terror into the story when he shows us what is really behind Big Brother; a government not unlike ones in present-day society, and that is where the stark reality of 1984 becomes evident.  The sole manipulative technique used by Big Brother is one that is virtually unrecognizable: mental manipulation of the mass.  

    The book reminds us of what has gone wrong, what can go wrong,

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