George Orwell
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LIFE
Eric Blair born in India in 1903, he was the son of a minor colonial official. He was educated at Eton, in England, where he began to develop an independent-minded personality, indifference to accepted values, and professed atheism and socialism. On leaving college, he started to work for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma but he hated working in Burma and returned to England on sick-leave. Once back in England, he devoted himself to writing full time, publishing his works with the pseudonym of George Orwell.
DYSTOPIAN NOVELS
Animal Farm (1945): It expresses Orwell’s disillusionment with totalitarianism in the form of an animal fable. It made him internationally known and financially secure.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949): his most original novel. It’s a satire against the totalitarian state.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Subject
The future world is divided into: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia.Oceania (North America, South Africa, Australia) is a big totalitarian system. Airstrip One, a future England, is an outpost of Oceania.
SETTING
London, in the mythical country of Oceania, 1984 (in the future), ruled by The Party.London: a desolated city governed by terror and the constant control of BIG BROTHER.
NEWSPEAK
Newspeak is the official language of Oceania.The goal of the Party is to have Newspeak replace Oldspeak (standard English). Newspeak eliminates undesirable words and invents new words – all to force Party conformity. Newspeak eliminates undesirable words and invents new words – all to force Party conformity.
Doublethink
Doublethink is the manipulation of the mind by making people accept contradictions.Doublethink makes people believe that the Party is the only institution that knows right from wrong. The Ministry of Truth (where Winston works) changes history, facts and memories to promote Doublethink: historical reference to Stalin’s will to change history.
The protagonist:
Winston Smith
“Smith” is the commonest English surname so the hero is a sort of Everyman.“Winston” evokes Churchill’ s patriotic appeals during the Second World War: “blood" sweat and tears”.
His experience
- alienation from society.
- rebellion against the Party.
- search for spiritual and moral integrity (love story with Julia).
- In the first two parts of the novel, Winston expresses Orwell’s point of view.
Characters
Big Brother
Big Brother’s God-like image is stamped on coins and projected on telescreens: his gaze is unavoidable.
Big Brother is the perceived ruler of Oceania: he looks like a combination of Hitler and Stalin.
Themes
• The threat of a totalitarian state (censorship, denial of an objective truth).• Importance of language in shaping thought and opinions. • Importance of memory and trust. • Abolition of individuality and reality. • Satire against hierarchical societies.
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George Orwell
presentaTIOn
+ INFO
LIFE
Eric Blair born in India in 1903, he was the son of a minor colonial official. He was educated at Eton, in England, where he began to develop an independent-minded personality, indifference to accepted values, and professed atheism and socialism. On leaving college, he started to work for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma but he hated working in Burma and returned to England on sick-leave. Once back in England, he devoted himself to writing full time, publishing his works with the pseudonym of George Orwell.
DYSTOPIAN NOVELS
Animal Farm (1945): It expresses Orwell’s disillusionment with totalitarianism in the form of an animal fable. It made him internationally known and financially secure.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949): his most original novel. It’s a satire against the totalitarian state.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Subject
The future world is divided into: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia.Oceania (North America, South Africa, Australia) is a big totalitarian system. Airstrip One, a future England, is an outpost of Oceania.
SETTING
London, in the mythical country of Oceania, 1984 (in the future), ruled by The Party.London: a desolated city governed by terror and the constant control of BIG BROTHER.
NEWSPEAK
Newspeak is the official language of Oceania.The goal of the Party is to have Newspeak replace Oldspeak (standard English). Newspeak eliminates undesirable words and invents new words – all to force Party conformity. Newspeak eliminates undesirable words and invents new words – all to force Party conformity.
Doublethink
Doublethink is the manipulation of the mind by making people accept contradictions.Doublethink makes people believe that the Party is the only institution that knows right from wrong. The Ministry of Truth (where Winston works) changes history, facts and memories to promote Doublethink: historical reference to Stalin’s will to change history.
The protagonist: Winston Smith
“Smith” is the commonest English surname so the hero is a sort of Everyman.“Winston” evokes Churchill’ s patriotic appeals during the Second World War: “blood" sweat and tears”.
His experience
Characters
Big Brother
Big Brother’s God-like image is stamped on coins and projected on telescreens: his gaze is unavoidable.
Big Brother is the perceived ruler of Oceania: he looks like a combination of Hitler and Stalin.
Themes
• The threat of a totalitarian state (censorship, denial of an objective truth).• Importance of language in shaping thought and opinions. • Importance of memory and trust. • Abolition of individuality and reality. • Satire against hierarchical societies.
Thank You
SPAGNOLO CHIARA