1984NineteenEighty-FourBackgroundon1984TheAuthorTheSettingsandIdiomsofTheNovelPlotSynopsiscontents01PARTBackgroundon1984dystopiapoliticalfictionsciencefiction123NovelGenreAnti-UtopiaTrilogywewrittenbyRussianwriterZamyatin(ЕвгенийИвановичЗамятин)1984writtenbyGeorgeOrwellBraveNewWorldwrittenbyEnglishwriterHuxley(AldousLeonardHuxley)02PARTTheAuthorTheauthor“GeorgeOrwell”wasthepennameofEricBlair.AnEnglishmanborninIndiain1903anddiedatage47.OrwellwaseducatedatEton,aprestigiousboardingschoolinEngland.OrwelldecidedtoskipcollegeandworkasaBritishImperialPolicemaninBurmabutthenhereturnedtoEnglishonsick-leaveOncebackinEnglandhededicatedhimselftowritingfulltime.YoungGeorgeOrwellinCambodia03PARTTheSettingsandIdiomsofTheNovelTheWorldin1984AirstripOneThesocialclasssystemofOceaniaisthreefold:JustlikethedifferentcastesinIndiaStringentsocialhierarchiesTherewouldneverbearevolutionfromproles,iftheyarehelpless,justliketheanimals,andkeepsnohumannatureortheydokeepshumanitycreatedbytheParty.BIGBROTHERISWATCHINGYOUInthecountryofOceania,BigBrotherisalwayswatching.TheyusetelescreenstomonitorpeoplefromOuterParty.TelescreenandThoughtPoliceNewspeakOfficiallanguageofOceaniaTohaveNewspeakreplaceOldspeak(standardEnglish)Newspeakeliminatesundesirablewordsandinventsnewwords--alltoforcePartyconformity:bad–ungood,better–gooderbest–goodest,great–plusgoodexcellent,splendid-doubleplusgoodGovernmentAsthegovernment,thePartycontrolsthepopulationwithfourministries:theMinistryofPeacedealswithwaranddefence.theMinistryofPlentydealswitheconomicaffairs(rationingandstarvation).theMinistryofLovedealswithlawandorder(tortureandbrainwashing).theMinistryofTruthdealswithnews,entertainment,educationandart(propaganda).ThethreeslogansoftheParty,visibleeverywhere,are:WARISPEACEFREEDOMISSLAVERYIGNORANCEISSTRENGTH04PARTPlotSynopsisO'BrienWinstonSmithJuliawhocontrolsthepastcontrolsthefuture;whocontrolsthepresentcontrolsthepast'DoesBigBrotherexist?''Ofcourseheexists.ThePartyexists.BigBrotheristheembodimentoftheParty.''DoesheexistinthesamewayasIexsit?'Youdonotexist'THANKYOU