To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (89439 ) 12/7/2007 12:22:38 AM From: John Pitera Read Replies (2) | Respond to well Bush 41 promised a New World Order, and Prestdo they have managed to deliver an Orwellian - Farenheit 451 type of World, where ever single thing about anybody can pretty much be traced, recorded, scrutinized. Every last little email on the internet, what websites you been too.written in 1948 and published in 1949. It is the story of the life of the intellectual Winston Smith, his job in the Ministry of Truth, and his degradation by the totalitarian government of Oceania, the country in which he lives The adjective "Orwellian" describes actions and organizations characteristic of Oceania, the totalitarian society depicted in the novel, and the phrase "Big Brother is watching you" refers to invasive surveillance. Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth in its Records Department. There he revises official historical records to match The Party's contemporary version of the past. The Party's present needs require continual revision of past events so that they reflect the current shifts of The Party's orthodox view of history. Winston Smith's job tasks are perpetual; he re-writes the official record, and re-touches official photographs to remove people officially rendered unpersons. The original (true and accurate) document is dropped into a "memory hole" leading to an incinerator. The world is controlled by three functionally similar totalitarian superstates engaged in perpetual war with each other:
