George Orwell's "1984" is a book about Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of "The Party" which rules the nation of Oceania. The Party watches him everywhere through devices, which are seemingly a combination of televisions, spewing mind-numbing propaganda twenty-four hours a day, and security cameras, which watch the populace constantly. These are known as telescreens and are never able to be turned off, only down, except for special models possessed only by members of the "Inner Party". He is surrounded on all sides by images of the leader of "The Party", the seemingly omnipresent Big Brother.
             "The Party" is the ruling power of a supposedly communist state, but in reality is more if a dictatorship in the form of an oligarchy. It is against all expressions of individuality and in fact seeks to remove the possibility of revolution by removing those words that pertain to such affairs from the official language. In short, the society in which Winston Smith fines himself in (run down and dilapidated London in the year 1984) is a prime example of the Science Fiction dystopia. Orwell's book has had so much influence that it would not be inappropriate to describe other literary dystopias as 1984-esque. Smith realises that he is dissatisfied with his society and so decides to do something, anything, to rebel. He does this through (among other things) purchasing an (illegal) diary, merely thinking negatively about "The Party" and finally falling in love with a beautiful co-worker named Julia. After falling in love and briefly experiencing happiness they attempt to join what is known as "The Brotherhood". "The Brotherhood" being merely a ruse created by "The Party" to trap disloyal members of society into revealing themselves. It works supremely on both Smith and Julia with both being arrested and taken to "The Ministry of Love" (ironically responsible for torture) for punishment and brainwashing. After various terrible punishments both are ...