George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
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George Orwell's novel *Nineteen Eighty-Four* is a dystopian classic depicting a totalitarian surveillance state where individual freedom and truth are brutally suppressed.
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| Nineteen Eighty-Four | 0 |
| The novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell (concept of Big Brother) | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
dystopian novel
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novel ⓘ political fiction ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film adaptations
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radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| author | George Orwell ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
censorship
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language as control ⓘ loss of individual freedom ⓘ manipulation of truth ⓘ psychological control ⓘ surveillance ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresEntity | Big Brother ⓘ |
| featuresLocation |
Airstrip One
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Ministry of Love ⓘ Ministry of Peace ⓘ Ministry of Plenty ⓘ Ministry of Truth ⓘ Oceania ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
The Party
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Thought Police ⓘ |
| firstPublishedFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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political satire ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | 1984 ⓘ |
| hasMotto |
Freedom is slavery
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Ignorance is strength ⓘ War is peace ⓘ |
| influenced |
concept of Orwellian state
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political discourse on surveillance ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
Newspeak
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Room 101 ⓘ Two Minutes Hate ⓘ doublethink ⓘ memory hole ⓘ thoughtcrime ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Julia
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O'Brien ⓘ Winston Smith ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisher | Secker & Warburg ⓘ |
| setInFictionalYear | 1984 ⓘ |
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The novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell (concept of Big Brother)