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1984

George Orwell’s main warning in the novel 1984 is that if we let these totalitarian regimes develop and take hold throughout the world, we will see a path of violent governance and disloyal people towards there civilization.
During the first chapters of 1984, we meet the main character Winston Smith, and learn about the totalitarian regime which he lives under as a citizen of Airstrip One in Oceania. As you read the beginning chapters, you find out that Winston is watched at every corner, and forced to honor the Party in every aspect of his existence. Anyone who is not loyal to the Party is sought out by the Thought Police. The author, George Orwell compares the Party regime to other totalitarian regimes such as the Nazis in Germany and the Soviet Union. The Party maintains control of society by streams of propaganda, while observing citizens. Mandatory Propaganda events such as Hate Week explain to the citizens what can happen if they do not remain devoted to the Party.
Winston has hopes for a free, bright future without any of the Party. Through stressing the significance of Winston risking his life to become free by the use of writing, Orwell demonstrates the great sense of independence from people like the Jews and Russians who had to deal with totalitarian regimes. As the book goes on, Winston hears a man by the name of O’Brien in a dream. In the dream, O’Brien says to meet him in the place where there is no darkness. They do eventually meet in this dream, and it turns out that the place with no darkness is not what Winston was expecting. In fact, the place is the Ministry of Love, where unfaithful criminals are tortured, and where the lights are always on. No one wants to go to the Ministry of Love, and Winston soon learns that.