George Orwell's 1984

Political Views in George Orwell’s “1984” The main theme of “Nineteen Eighty-Four” concerns the restrictions imposed on individual freedom by a totalitarian regime. George Orwell shows how such a system can impose its will on the people through manipulation of the press, the elimination of democracy, constant supervision (courtesy of the Telescreens) and more. Orwell also shows how the state has more subtle methods for imposing its authority, such as the manipulation of language and …

…mean to make us hate that form of government. When this book was being written, he was in a time where people disliked Socialist governments, and felt non-Socialist governments were good (Pohl 110). “Nineteen Eighty-Four” is an expression of Orwell’s irritation at many of the facets of English Socialism, as well as Russian Communism. It is also a reflection of his own ideas about the nature of political corruption and, to be specific, Stalinist Russia.