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1984 by George Orwell

1984 by George Orwell. Born Eric Arthur Blair Lived 1903 –1950 Burmese Days , 1934 Anti-totalitarian Shot in throat during Spanish Civil War Was a propagandist for th UK during WW2; resigned in 1943 Best known for Animal Farm and 1984. George Orwell.

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1984 by George Orwell

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  1. 1984 by George Orwell

  2. Born Eric Arthur Blair Lived 1903 –1950 Burmese Days, 1934 Anti-totalitarian Shot in throat during Spanish Civil War Was a propagandist for th UK during WW2; resigned in 1943 Best known for Animal Farm and 1984 George Orwell

  3. “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.” Published in 1948

  4. Dystopia “Big Brother Is Watching You” Thoughtcrime Doublethink Orwellian Key Phrases

  5. 1984 v. Brave New World“what we fear controls us”vs.“what we love controls us”

  6. Main character Everyman His job is to rewrite the past so it fits the current present. Illegally maintains a diary. Winston

  7. Affably Evil Four Eyes, Zero Soul Perfect at doublethink O’Brien

  8. Resourceful and free-spirited Julia

  9. Fluffy the Terrible Does he actually exist? Continual Surveillance Big Brother

  10. Newspeak for English Socialism Happiness is MANDATORY Political ideology of Oceania “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” INGSOC

  11. A Forever War… The World of 1984

  12. We do not intend to use the radio only for our partisan purposes. We want room for entertainment, popular arts, games, jokes and music. But everything should have a relationship to our day. Everything should include the theme of our great reconstructive work, or at least not stand in its way. Above all it is necessary to clearly centralize all radio activities, to place spiritual tasks ahead of technical ones, to introduce the leadership principle, to provide a clear worldview, and to present this worldview in flexible ways. - Goebbels Goebbels and Propaganda

  13. “Nazi theory indeed specifically denies that such a thing as “the truth” exists. The implied objective of this line of thought is a nightmare world in which the Leader or some ruling clique controls not only the future but the past. If the Leader says of such and such an event, it never happened—well, it never happened. If he says that two and two are five—well, two and two are five.

  14. Mao Tse-Tung and the 100 Flowers Campaign

  15. Ministry of TruthRewriting of HIstory

  16. "If you want a stronger version of "good", what sense is there in having a whole string of vague useless words like "excellent" and "splendid" and all the rest of them? "Plusgood" covers the meaning, or "doubleplusgood" if you want something stronger still. " Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we will make thoughtcrime virtually impossible, because there will be no words to express it. Newspeak

  17. The MINISTRY OF TRUTH (the past is rewritten) • The MINISTRY OF PEACE (in charge of the armed forces) • The MINISTRY OF PLENTY (rations to maintain perpetual poverty) • The MINISTRY OF LOVE (torture and brainwashing) The Four Ministries

  18. You asked me once, what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world. Room 101

  19. 2 +2 = 5

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