Nineteen Eighty Four was written by George Orwell in light of the Nazi and Communistic totalitarian rule over Germany and Russia. The book is often said to be a warning, not a prophecy, of what the future could hold if complete control over a people was allowed to continue.
Published in 1949, George Orwell most likely wrote this while examining Russian Communism, which was not only still in power, but was also growing in power quite rapidly. Orwell witnessed similar strategies being used in communistic Russia, such as retraining, brainwashing, and revising history, as displayed in the book. Also George described the face of big brother surprisingly similar to the face of Stalin, who also had his face plastered on many posters and walls in bigger cities of Russia.
Lastly the idea of three great nations left, who are in perpetual war, could easily be a warning to great alliances, as similar events had just happened between the Allied Forces and the Axis Forces during the Second World War. The rationale behind that is because of the ability to unify a people against a common enemy that large scale war had on the people, with most giving up just about everything they didn’t need to help the war effort, it was proven that creating a perpetual war could very well placate a people who would have otherwise rebelled against the oppressive government.
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