London, Airstrip One
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London, Airstrip One is the dystopian, heavily surveilled capital city of the superstate Oceania in George Orwell’s novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four."
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
capital city
ⓘ
fictional city ⓘ location in fiction ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
1984
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Nineteen Eighty-Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateInFiction | bleak and grim ⓘ |
| communicationControlInFiction | Newspeak promotion ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | George Orwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicConditionInFiction | chronic shortages ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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political fiction ⓘ |
| governingPartyInFiction | the Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentTypeInFiction | totalitarian regime ⓘ |
| inUniverseFormerName |
Britain
NERFINISHED
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England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUniverseRegion | Airstrip One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leaderInFiction | Big Brother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalEntity | Airstrip One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaControlInFiction | complete state monopoly ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Ministry of Love
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ministry of Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of Plenty NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ Thought Police NERFINISHED ⓘ telescreens in homes and public places ⓘ |
| policingInFiction | Thought Police operations ⓘ |
| roleInFiction | capital of Oceania ⓘ |
| settingFor | life of protagonist Winston Smith ⓘ |
| socialClassPresent |
Inner Party
NERFINISHED
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Outer Party ⓘ proles ⓘ |
| socialConditionInFiction | strict class hierarchy ⓘ |
| surveillanceLevel | ubiquitous ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
extreme totalitarianism
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loss of privacy ⓘ urban decay under dictatorship ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
erasure of history
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propaganda ⓘ psychological manipulation ⓘ state control ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | year 1984 ⓘ |
| workTypeContext | novel setting ⓘ |
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