![]() ![]() ![]() Orwell’s fictional work made an indelible mark on history and pop culture, as well as some of the terms including ‘Big Brother’, ‘Thought Police’ and ‘Room 101’ transcending the decades since the novel was first published in 1949. The punishment was meant to brainwash dissidents back into adoring ‘Big Brother’ and led Winston to betray his love interest and fellow traitor Julia in a bid to end the punishment. This was the final stage of his ‘reeducation’, where rats were placed in a cage over his head – his greatest fear. Protagonist Winston Smith, who was discovered to have broken the rules of the constrictive regime, was tortured and then taken to Room 101 to face “the worst thing in the world”. In the terrifying tale, citizens' every move and word is studied by the ‘Thought Police’ who are on the lookout for those that disobey ‘Big Brother’. George Orwell’s dark dystopian novel ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ (1984) examined the power of government surveillance, censorship and the restriction of liberty. ![]()
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