1984

• The party makes the laws of Nature
• The proles are human beings, we aren't human beings
• Until they become conscious they will never rebel
• War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength
• Big Brother is watching you
• If there is hope, it lies in the proles
• Winston... the only man still capable of individual thought

  Meyers
• Winston's rebellion has been planted in his mind by the party

  Rissanen
• The Party uses hate to keep itself in power

  Rissanen
• It's not a prophecy, it is plainly a satire

  Crick
• A warning for the human race

  Conheeneyl
• Language is degraded to such an extent that it only serves the government

  Topham
• A Utopia written in the form of a novel


  Orwell
• Orwell looked back in time as much as he looked forward

  Meyers