Introduction
            
             George Orwell lived in England during World War Two, when England
            
             had been at war with the totalitarian state, Nazi Germany. He was there when
            
             London was blanket bombed and left in rubble by the Germans. Like many
            
             writers he decided to make a statement with his work, and did. George Orwell's
            
             novel 1984 was written as a political statement of against totalitarianism.
            
             Totalitarianism is a form of government that tries to assert total control
            
             over its citizens (Comptons). Being nothing like democracy, totalitarianism is like
            
             communism, as it also has one party rule, no free and open elections, and due
            
             process is not guaranteed, however totalitarianism is much more controlling.
            
             Orwell presents the evils of such a system is 1984.
            
             Summary
            
             1984 is about life in a world where no personal freedon exists. The book's
            
             main character is a man named Winston Smith. He is not a heroic type of person
            
             nor is he extraordinarily intelligent. However, Winston hassomething that the
            
             majority of the people at his time and in the situation that they're in don't, a good
            
             pair of eyes. I don't mean good eyes as far as good vision goes but rather good
            
             eyes in the context of seeing things for the way they are and seeing that what the
            
             government isn't as right as the people think it is.
            
             Winston works in a department of the government of Oceania (the nation
            
             he lives) called the Ministry of Truth, a place where history is rewritten to fit
            
             controlling party's views. Winston is aware of the untruths because he makes
            
             them true. This makes him angry. He decides to rebel against the government of
            
             Oceania by buying and writing his thoughts down in a diary. This is an illegal
            
             action known as thought crime and is punishable by death. Winston chose a diary
            
             as his means of rebellion because the government controlled peoples...