In 1949, the world was a substantially different place than it is today. Thirty-five years from now, in the year 2035, one can only imagine what changes will have taken place in society. Thirty-five years ago, in 1949, George Orwell’s vision of the world as it would be in 1984 was horrific. Orwell describes his vision in his book Nineteen Eighty-four. “Nineteen Eighty-four depicts the horrors of a well-established totalitarian regime of whatever type with great power and …
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…he[Winston] wrote beneath it: TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE.(228)” Winston did this only because it was the wishes of the party. He was completely changed. In conclusion, Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four depicts a well-established totalitarianism regime. Nineteen Eighty-four is a clever, keen story that has much prophetic power. Orwell recognized the fate of man under totalitarianism years before it even happened. A government should not be allowed to control the thoughts of its people.