1984

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This paper looks at George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four", considered as a masterpiece of political satire. It explains how the main protagonist, Winston Smith, experiences a number of bizarre and self-fulfilling events connected with his struggles while living under the watchful eye of "Big Brother," a metaphorical symbol used by Orwell to describe the totalitarian government that controls and sees all. In this society, privacy and freedom do not exist, and citizens are constantly monitored by futuristic telescreens and subjected to an unending barrage of governmental propaganda.

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"Winston Smith, a Party functionary, is humbly employed in one of the government agencies, and his job is quite simple--he must rewrite the past so that the Party, being "Big Brother," appears to be without flaw and the master of its domain. But Smith greatly despises
the Party and what it stands for, and keeps his feelings about "Big Brother" to himself. One of the turning points in the novel occurs when Smith begins a heated love affair with Julia, a rebellious young girl who works in his agency and shares his dislike for the Party and its beliefs."

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