Can you find influences in 1940/50's to show how Orwell formulated his initial ideas for his distopian world for "1984"

“Can you find influences in 1940/50’s to show how Orwell formulated his initial ideas for his distopian world for “1984”.


One of George Orwell’s most controversial novels “1984” is bursting with his

own views and ideas about the world in which he most distastefully lived in, and more

importantly the corruptions which enticed the world to a self-destruct position. “1984”

was primarily based on Orwell’s ideas and feelings in which circled his life on a day

to day basis, they appeared to be like a unwanted disease that would not leave his

thought on any account, and this could not be shown more apparently then in “1984”.

One of the major themes that are inflicted upon the people in Oceania is

totalitarianism. This theme runs continuously throughout the whole novel, but when it

is at its most dominance is when Winston is being created into a lover of the Party and

Big Brother, and not someone who see’s i...