How the slogans of the party reinforce the ideals of Big brother in 1984
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1984 is a novel written by George Orwell during the years directly following World War II. In it, Orwell aims to warn readers of the negative effects tyranny has on a society and its people. He wishes to be certain that the kind of future he describes would never come to pass. The setting is Oceania, the technologically advanced world in which fear is used as a means for manipulation and control of those who do not conform. It is a dystopia: a place of fear, oppression, and pain. The imagery of the opening chapter sets a tone of a broken society that is slowly rotting from within. The dictator of this forsaken land, Big Brother, is both a person and a concept. While his title projects an image of trust, protection, and affection, he is none of these. He is more like a Hitler or a Stalin-like tyrant who use oppressive means to maintain control. His ever-watching eyes, or the telescreens, monitor every individual twenty-four hours a day...