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George Orwell - 1984 .. Where Totalitarianism Really Is Total, All Power,.. 24 Hour Surveillance


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Scott
- 580 days ago - online-literature.com
Where people's very thoughts are controlled.. change history by changing old newspaper records to match with the new truth "He who controls the past, controls the future" .Orwell's 1984 opens in London.
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Scott Shaubel (816)
Saturday May 24, 2008, 10:57 pm
“Big Brother is Watching You.” The “Party” has taken over all aspects of life and is intent on eradicating individuality.

1984 is possibly the definitive dystopian novel, set in a world beyond our imagining. A world where totalitarianism really is total, all power split into three roughly equal groups--Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania. 1984 is set in Oceania, which includes the United Kingdom, where the story is set, known as Airstrip One.

Winston Smith is a middle-aged, unhealthy character, based loosely on Orwell's own frail body, an underling of the ruling oligarchy, The Party. The Party has taken early 20th century totalitarianism to new depths, with each person subjected to 24 hour surveillance, where people's very thoughts are controlled to ensure purity of the oligarchical system in place. Figurehead of the system is the omnipresent and omnipotent Big Brother.

But Winston believes there is another way.

1984 joins Winston as he sets about another day, where his job is to change history by changing old newspaper records to match with the new truth as decided by the Party.

"He who controls the past, controls the future" is a Party slogan to live by and it gives Winston his job, but Winston cannot see it like that. Barely old enough to recall a time when things were different, he sets out to expose the Party for the cynically fraudulent organisation that it is. He is joined by Julia, a beautiful young woman much in contrast with Winston physically, but equally sickened by the excesses of her rulers.

You will meet many recognisable characters, themes, and words which have become part of our everyday life as you read 1984. Where did Big Brother first appear? Certainly not on Australian TV! Written in Orwell's inimitable journalistic style, 1984 is a tribute to a man who saw the true dangers of historian Lord Acton's (1834-1902) statement: "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."

 

Scott Shaubel (816)
Saturday May 24, 2008, 11:05 pm

These "people" write the future. Orwell,1984 .. Arthur Clarke, Space Oddessy
 

Goddess Lozz (213)
Sunday May 25, 2008, 9:17 am
How did Orwell predict all this?
Thanks Scott, seen the film, very good!
 

Scott Shaubel (816)
Monday May 26, 2008, 10:11 am

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Scott Shaubel (816)
Tuesday May 27, 2008, 6:20 am

George Orwell - 1984 .. Where Totalitarianism Really Is Total, All Power,.. 24 Hour Surveillance
These "people" write the future. Orwell,1984 .. Arthur Clarke, Space Oddessy

1984 joins Winston as he sets about another day, where his job is to change history by changing old newspaper records to match with the new truth as decided by the Party.

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The United States Is Still a British Colony... History Can Be Changed to Fit Someones Belief
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Rewriting U.S. History - The Rockefeller Foundation - Rewrite American History,
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The Boot Monument Is An American Revolutionary War Memorial Dedicated to Benedict Arnold
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Saratoga Is An Essential Part of American History,..Its All Been Rewritten.. It's All Made Up
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Information Democracy. TV.. It's All Lies,.. and Mis-Information to Confuse
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The Pope + the Queen on Equal Footing,. British Royal Family the Hidden Power Behind the United Nations
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Benedict Arnold V (January 14, 1741..Was a Descendant of John Lothropp, An Ancestor of at Least Four Presidents of the United St
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The Queen's Bribery Gang - Queen Elizabeth II (Murderer) , Actually Not British RoyaltyNotice this cast of characters and entities. Queen Elizabeth II of England The Bush Crime Family Saddam Hussein
Criminal business center, Carlyle Group Paul Martin, the new Prime Minister of Canada Canada Steamship Lines, owned by Martin
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9. Secret Rulers of the World - The Queen [9/29]
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Renewable Fuel Standard Program- Renewable Fuel Required to Be Blended Into Gasoline to 7.5 Billion Gallons By 2012
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Renewable Fuel Standard Program- Renewable Fuel Required to Be Blended Into Gasoline to 7.5 Billion Gallons By 2012
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Archer Daniels to Look Beyond Corn for Fuel Sources
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Bioethanol Benefits Not Only the Producers But Also the Investors at American Stock Exchanges,
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Media Manipulation and the United Nations
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IRAQ WAR COSTING *14 MILLION DOLLARS* AN HOUR!!!!that would buy a lot of stuff for needy Americans
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Archer Daniels to Look Beyond Corn for Fuel Sources
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FACTS AND HISTORY - UPDATED - A MUST READ! .... Well Worth It
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High Cost of Joining the EU and the Euro..Herbal Medicines Will Be Banned,..Codex Alimentarius
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UN's Codex Alimentarius Commission to Approve International Guidelines for Organic Food.
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United Nations Codex Commission.. United Nations Is Codex Commission..They Take Away Vitamins, Dec. 31, 2009
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911:Vatican &
Jesuits...QE,..United Nations...Codex Alimentarius Setup in 1963 By the UN Agencies FAO and WHO)

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Civil War and the Conquest That Followed .. We Find Ourselves Subjects of the King/Queen of England.
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AMERICA'S
SUBJECTION TO BRITAIN, IN A NUTSHELL...THE PARIS PEACE TREATY (PEACE TREATY of 1783)

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UNITED STATES IS STILL A BRITISH COLONY ...Will the Real Government Please Stand Up!
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Who made Who? - AC - DC, .. You Made You .
 
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