has written a
few different documents that address this.
First of all, Orwell set the book
on purpose in Oceania. Oceania is made up of England, North America, and many places that have
demoncratic regimes. He did this to prove that totalitarianism could happen anywhere. Our job as
a reading audience is to take that warning to heart and heed it's caution. We need to constantly
question our governments because even the greatest societies can choose to hurt their
people.
When asked if his view in 1949 should have been viewed as prophesy
for the world in , Orwell wrote:
I do not believe that the
kind of society I describe necessarily WILL, but I believe (allowing of course for the fact that
the book is a ) that something resembling it COULD arrive. I believe also that totalitarian
ideas have taken root in the minds of intellectuals everywhere, and I have tried to draw these
ideas out to their logical consequences.
Orwell wrote to
clarify his purpose.
Furthermore, Orwell used 1984 to show that (especially
in book 3) governments have a desire for more power and will often go after it at
the expense of the people. When a leader gains power, there is a tremendous rush
that comes with that. Orwell knew after watching several different vaccuums of power that
someone will fill that void, often with great passion... for the good or bad, well, that is
often up for a people to eventually find out.
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