![]() ![]() The object of persecution is persecution. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. In all reality, the book could be titled 2100 and have the same plot line. Though the year in which the book takes place has come and gone, the book can still warn of a future that could come. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. The novel 1984 has left a lasting impact in the literary world. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. ![]() We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. ![]() What pure power means you will understand presently. We are not interested in the good of others we are interested solely in power, pure power. Similarly, director Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) is a critique of a futuristic world where growth and industralisation. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. George Orwell’s 1984 (1949) is a cautionary novel which explores a dystopian society mired in propaganda and totalitarianism. “Now I will tell you the answer to my question. ![]()
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