Response To George Orwell's 1984

The word Orwellian has been a ever growing part of the English language since George Orwell released the book 1984. The book is so influential it has its own word named after the author, and the word is actually fairly common. 1984 is about the totalitarian state of Oceania, a country that prides itself on being based on hatred and fear; a polar opposite to every transcendental ideal. The book serves as a warning to mankind to not tolerate the suppression of individual rights and views.
The strengths of this novel is both its message and its portrayal of the world. The book does an excellent job of immersing the protagonist, Winston Smith, in the world and connecting him to the reader.The book goes into large amounts of detail about every aspect

Much of the book is spent explaining why and how the world became like this and why it will stay like this forever. This is never made more clear than when O’Brien says “You foresaw yourself that that was what it would say. It is all nonsense. The proletarians will never revolt, not in a thousand years or a million. They cannot. I do not have to tell you the reason: you know it already” (261). The ending is very clear that this is a one way issue, once the world follows the path of destruction there is no way to fix it. Most importantly the book is brutally blunt; there are no euphemisms, workarounds, or creatively deceptive wordings. This book provides a direct message with little room for interpretation, especially in the books forte: torture. This is a big part of its message as attempts to hide the truth should not be permitted in government. A blatant demonstration of this are the four ministries: “The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news,entertainment, education, and the fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The
Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible

The worst examples are ones created to aid a war effort, notably the Patriot Act in the US.
The book provides the reader with the same information as the main character and nothing more. This means that there is very little that can be said about the world itself; almost the entire book is dedicated to giving you as much information about it as it can, but you are sure of less with each passing page. Every thing that you think you know will be twisted and changed until you are unsure what is real and what is fake.
The best time when this is shown is when Winston asks “‘Does the Brotherhood exist?’ ‘That, Winston, you will never know. If we choose to set you free when we have finished with you, and if you live to be ninety years old, still you will never learn whether the answer to that question is Yes or No. As long as you live it will be an unsolved riddle in your mind’ (260). To provide some context for the previous quote Winston has known of its existence since for months, and has even joined it and read their book. The book never