George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

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The influence the time period played in the creation of “1984”

Nineteen-eighty four is a novel written by one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, George Orwell. This novel was originally published in nineteen forty nine and was written in fear of the dehumanisation of the western world, and the loss of freedom in the individual. He was afraid of this as he thought communism was going to take over the western world. During this time communism was spreading rapidly and was present in places such as the Soviet Union. Also during this time World War II was happening so the world was in great fear and many people such as the great writer George Orwell took to writing to warn the future. In 1984 one of the books George Orwell wrote …show more content…

He had many great works such as Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia, Burmese Days. However the one book he wrote that stands out to me was nineteen eighty four. This book stood out so much because it’s message was greater than any other. Orwell truly believed what he wrote because he didn’t write it for wealth, fortune, or fame. Instead he wrote it in fear. World War II was occurring in the world and communism was quickly spreading through the world. Orwell was completely against the idea of communism as he believed it took away the freedoms of an individual. Orwell as well as many others believed that communism was going to spread into the western world. Therefore Orwell wrote the book in fear of the dehumanization of the western world, and in hope to warn them into not making the mistake of believing in communism(Rossi). When Orwell was young he fought in the spanish civil war on the republican side trying to take down the fascist party in france. Orwell did not like fascism in any way, and didn’t understand what people saw as appealing. He viewed it as an evil political concept. He also saw it as a danger to democratic societies. George moved to Scotland and this is where he wrote nineteen eighty four. He felt very threatened by communism and as a writer believed it was his duty to warn the future so to do this he used many different symbols and characters

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