1984

What will happen if the ideas of fascism and dictatorship spread among the ruling circles? What will social order become if power demands unwavering obedience? What catastrophe will such a regime lead to? In the state of Oceania, citizens have no rights, meaning the party's power is absolute. The characters' daily lives are lived in a climate of fear and constant upheaval. Here, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of choice, freedom of love, and even freedom of thought are all erased. Disruption of order is impossible, for Big Brother watches over everyone. George Orwell captured the horrors of the state machine's crimes in his magnum opus, 1984. This novel, a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism, became one of the most famous dystopias of the 20th century, ranking alongside Zamyatin's We, Huxley's Brave New World, and Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.