1984

Grannt Epstein

•  Describe the setting of the novel.  Include details about the time and place as well as lines from the book that include good imagery.  

                  In the book 1984, George Orwell talks about how life is in the totalitarian state of Oceania in London after a nuclear war. The main characters name is Winston Smith. You are not allowed to keep a journal, yet Winston does. London is a gloomy place in this timeline. Winston begins to question the role of government in his journal. Also the mentality of the people is different as children are interested in hangings. " ' They're dissipation that they couldn't see the hanging'..... 'Want to see the hanging! Chanted the little girl,"(pg 23). 

g               Also you see the mentality of the government with the slogan of "War is peace, freedom is slavery". This shows how the government is taking control of the people by changing the way they think. And Winston is beginning to question all of it. This is a brave think of him to do, when the thought police is watching you even in your house. The houses are very plain and in bad condition because they were made in the 1930's. I find the book to be really good. 

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