The message that the author is trying to put forth for the reader to understand in my opinion is pretty legit. This book was written before they really had much advanced technology, if at all back then. The society in 1984 is fairly similar to that of Soviet Russia, but, only one person’s view can be taken into consideration since as a reader, you don’t really get to understand the lives of many other people in the book. Soviet Russia was ruled by a man named Stalin, and it was a long time ago. There were very poor living conditions and lots of death under Stalin’s leadership. In 1984, the working conditions and living conditions seem to be similar, yet we only get the point of view from one of the characters in the book. Orwell doesn’t show many options for this society to take because if you thought or even showed that you opposed the party’s views, you would be sent to the Ministry of Love where you would suffer or you would simply be executed. The protagonist, although in favor of getting rid of the party as well as a couple of other people, does not seem like a very strong character that could make such a statement/argument that would change things. The actions he takes would not be seen as very convincing or even a threat to this powerful government. In the Ministry of Truth, the truth is never spoken. Everything that is from the media is a lie, so it shows that it would be really hard to go up against such a party and actually make something happen.
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