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  2. Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime.

  3. Political geography of Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Ministries in Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. What George Orwell got right in '1984' - AOL

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    "1984" is still considered a fictional piece of literature to many, but a lot of what appeared in the book is now a reality. Like Big Brother: In "1984", there are TV screens and computer monitors ...

  6. Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four) - Wikipedia

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    Big Brother is a character and symbol in George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.He is ostensibly the leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state wherein the ruling party, Ingsoc, wields total power "for its own sake" over the inhabitants.

  7. Category:1984 introductions - Wikipedia

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    Symbols introduced in 1984 (1 C, 1 P) T. ... Pages in category "1984 introductions" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.

  8. Emmanuel Goldstein - Wikipedia

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    Emmanuel Goldstein (John Boswall) on a telescreen during a Two Minutes Hate programme in the film Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Emmanuel Goldstein is a fictional character and the principal enemy of the state of Oceania in the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), by George Orwell. The political propaganda of The Party portrays Goldstein as the leader of The Brotherhood, a secret, counter ...

  9. 1984 (advertisement) - Wikipedia

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    "1984" is an American television commercial that introduced the Apple Macintosh personal computer. It was conceived by Steve Hayden , Brent Thomas, and Lee Clow at Chiat/Day , produced by New York production company Fairbanks Films, and directed by Ridley Scott .