George Orwell – "1984" 1. Outline what the story is about 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, spewi...

The novels 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale touch many disturbing aspects about the denial of a person's natural rights. In today's society people are granted certain rights which the government or anyone else can not take away. These rights are the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi...