![]() ![]() ![]() Troubled by the caste and racial barriers that had prevented him from getting to know a wider cross-section of the populace there, he began mixing with the downtrodden of Europe, gathering material for Down and Out in Paris and London. ![]() On leave in England in 1927, he dropped out and decided against returning to Burma. Though offered a university scholarship, Blair instead opted to serve in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. When Winston and his lover Julia defy the Thought Police and join an underground resistance movement, they soon discover the powerlessness of the individual in the face of absolute political oppression.Įvents in History at the Time of the NovelĮric Arthur Blair was born in Motihari, Bengal, India on June 25,1903, to English parents. Winston Smith lives in a society in which “the Party” keeps a ruthless stranglehold on power through total control over the thoughts and actions of its members. A satirical novel set in London in the fictional future year 1984 published in 1949. ![]()
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