At first when i was reading my novel I tough the novel was about people being watched and always being under some kind of control.Trough reading the book i can see that there is more to the book.1984 is a political novel that was written with the purpose of warning readers in the West of the dangers of totalitarian government. Having witnessed firsthand the horrific lengths to which totalitarian governments in Spain and Russia would go in order to sustain and increase their power, the writer designed 1984 to sound the alarm in Western nations still unsure about how to approach the rise of communism. In 1949, the Cold War had not yet escalated, many American intellectuals supported communism, and the state of diplomacy between democratic and communist nations was highly ambiguous. In the American press, the Soviet Union was often portrayed as a great moral experiment. George Orwelll, , was deeply disturbed by the widespread cruelties and oppression he observed in communist countries, and seems to have been particularly concerned by the role of technology in enabling oppressive governments to monitor and control their citizens.
This book really god me interested in that time and what was happening.I just had to reasearch it and learn something more about it.
The theme of the book is control.
Because everyone all the time is being watched and controlled.
It was very thoughtful post. I guess it is kind of true in our times that the government is watching us. And I saw it on the news, some people in Germany are destroying all security cameras in public areas and they say 'big brother is watching' it is really scary because you can possibly get monitored wherever you go.
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