What was going on in the world when Orwell wrote 1984?
Orwell's 1984 was published in 1948, just as World War II ended. This was also the time of the totalitarian government as Stalin ruled over Russia and Hitler ruled over Germany. Totalitarianism is to be under absolute rule or dictatorship of a leader. This book was written in 1948 writing about what would happen in the future, 1984, if totalitarianism was not opposed. Orwell portrays the state of Oceania in which the government monitors and controls every aspect of human lives. They were under the dictatorship of "Big Brother". Privacy was no where to be found and just about everything they did was against the law, even the smallest thing such as having disloyal thoughts.
2 comments:
I think Hitler can be somewhat of 'big brother' in a way because he try to control the race poplutation with the jews. Somewhat.
It's amazing, how Orwell can think of the world becoming like that in the future. When Stalin ruled Russia, many people thought that his dictatorship was a great idea, and many were for it. Orwell on the other hand, saw through that, and noticed the negative things about his dictatorship. All in all, individuals elect leaders because they think that they'll do a great job, and everything will be better for everyone. Turns out that Orwell was against a totalitarianism, and vented out all his negative thoughts in a novel.
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