In the story 1984, it discusses this dystopia that the author, George Orwell, believes will eventually become a reality. The government, also is known as Big Brother, watches everyone in the city of Oceania and controls everything everyone does. The government decides where people live, work, what they eat, what they drink, who they can have babies with, etc. The Party had created a language called Newspeak. Newspeak is the official language of Oceania. The main character, Winston, is an older guy who has a mind of his own. He has a diary that he secretly writes in to get all of his thoughts out about the Party and Big Brother. Winston doesnt like Big Brother and does everything in his power to try to bring them down. He even tries to dig dirt up on Big Brother to try to bring them down. Unfortunately, while trying to accomplish t
his he ran into obstacles with a dark-haired girl named Julia, who he had feelings for. They arranged secret meetups so they could see each other. They had to do it secretly because the Party wouldnt allow them to be together. Big Brother and the Party doesnt want people together unless they can have babies. They want babies so they can brainwash them, as well to spy on their parents and others when they get old enough to know how to. After Winston and Julia were caught by the Party, they both were taken to a prison called the Ministry of Truth. Winston was physically abused and tortured into believing that Big Brother wasnt the bad guy. One of the themes that was common throughout the entire novel was totalitarianism and communism. One place this theme was common after the book was released was in Cuba during the ruling of Castro.