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Examples Of Normality In 1984

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To most audiences, 1984 serves as a type of warning about the government in the future. All through the novel, if a citizen rebels against the Party it is considered superfluous. A ‘normality’ and ‘normal behavior’ are clearly defined in 1984. A reader can easily see these traits in many of the characters and their similar personalities (We are the dead…). By the means of using complete authority, Big Brother must stay alive as well as abolish the joy of individual citizens. The Thought Police have Winston as a big target because of his fractious want to have his own thoughts and fall in love with the person of his own choosing (Miniter). The Theory and Practice of Oligarchy Collectivism, the book that Winston and Julia read every night, was

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