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1984 by George Orwell

Outline



Thesis Statement- This paper will examine how George Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism.



I Introduction



II Summary of 1984



III Roles of major Charters

A. Big Brother

B. Winston

C. O'Brien

D. Julia

E. Shop owner



IV Propaganda

A. Ministry of Truth

B. Ministry of Love



V Orwell's thoughts on Totalitarianism

A. From life experiences

B. From a writers point of view



VI Conclusion

Introduction "Orwell observed that every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it" ("George Orwell"). George Orwell has been a major contributor to anticommunist literature around the World War II period. Orwell lived in England during World War II, a time when the totalitarianism state, Nazi Germany, was at war with England and destroyed the city of London. " I know that building' said Winston finally. Its a ruin now. It's in the middle of the street outside the Palace of Justice.' That's right. Outside the Law Courts. It was bombed in-oh many years ago'" (Orwell 83). This reflects Orwell's own life experiences as a citizen in war torn England and how he uses this in 1984. George Orwell is famous for two major novels which attack totalitarianism. The first is Animal Farm a satire describing the leaders of the Soviet Union as animals on an animal farm. The second novel is 1984 a story of dictators who are in complete control of a large part of the world after the Allies lost in World War II . The government in this novel gives no freedoms to its citizens. They live in fear because they are...