1984 is about life in a world where no personal freedoms exist. Winston the main character is a man of 39 whom is not extraordinary in either intelligence or character, but is disgusted with the world he lives in. He works in the Ministry of Truth, a place where history and the truth is rewritten t...

1984 (1949) By George Orwell Entry 1 The story starts with a man by the name of Winston Smith who is aged 39 and is a member of the Outer Party. The society of Oceania is described, it seems like a contry under martial law. Everywhere there are large posters of Big Brother, who is the ruler of ...

All through life humanity tries to obtain a world in which one can live with enjoyment, equality, fairness, and happiness. Many great writers have created utopian worlds that the reader can consider and explore. To create a perfect place compels the writer to write novels that deal with ut...

It is hard to imagine that the powerful individual, Stalin, was once a peasant himself who was always under strict rule of the Tsarist regime. Stalin, as a young man who hated the political system he was under, was introduced to Marxism, a political philosophy which he became very interested in and ...