Critical Quotes

• "It contains no prophetic declaration only a simple warning to makind" - Bossche
• "Orwell presents three ways of maintaining an eternal tyranny: the immortality of Big Brother, the presence of someone or something to hate, and rewritting history" - Asimov
• "There are many parallels between Big Brother and Stalin" - Lynch
• "In 1984, children are essentially used to break up the family unit" - Kika
• "Orwell himself noticed the malleability of human ideals through language" - Derry
• "language becomes a method of mind control with the ultimate goal being the destruction of will and imagination" - Berkes
• "it explores the resistant potential of desire and sexuality" - Lockhurst
• "it highlights the importance of resisting mass control and oppression" - Conheenyl
• "in Winstons struggle for emancipation he stands alone" - Bossche