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Pages in category "1984 quotations" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... This page was last edited on 5 August 2024, at 16:34 (UTC).
The use of contradictory names in this manner may have been inspired by the British and American governments; during the Second World War, the British Ministry of Food oversaw rationing (the name "Ministry of Food Control" was used in World War I) and the Ministry of Information restricted and controlled information, rather than supplying it; while, in the U.S., the War Department was ...
[10] Time included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published from 1923 to 2005, [11] and it was placed on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list, reaching number 13 on the editors' list and number 6 on the readers' list. [12] In 2003, it was listed at number eight on The Big Read survey by the BBC. [13]
In Orwell's novel "1984" — which was published in 1949 — the English author outlines. There may be no one who can say "I told you so" better than George Orwell, who was born today, June 25th ...
The magazine Book ranked Big Brother no. 59 on its "100 best characters in fiction since 1900" list. [14] Wizard magazine rated him the 75th-greatest villain of all time. [15] The iconic image of Big Brother (played by David Graham) played a key role in Apple's "1984" television commercial introducing the Macintosh.
Equilibrium (2002) portray a futuristic totalitarian dystopian society like we seen in Nineteen Eighty-Four, the structure of these governments (1984 and Equilibrium) is exceedingly similar, with strict social classes and an omnipresent figurehead, known as the "Big Brother" in 1984 and "Father" in Equilibrium.
Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood posing outside the White House with a full-size cutout of Ronald Reagan, during their US tour, November 8, 1984 (Credit: Mike Maloney/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, whose wartime BBC career influenced his creation of Oceania. What is known of the society, politics and economics of Oceania, and its rivals, comes from the in-universe book, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism by Emmanuel Goldstein, a literary device Orwell uses to connect the past and present of 1984. [1]