Résumé
Essay on 1984 by George Orwell. Orwell said in an essay entitled "Why" he wrote : It is my purpose to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole. How far is Orwell achieving this in 1984 ? How could we doubt that Orwell's novel 1984 – as well as his previous political allegory Animal Farm – is both a literary masterpiece and a treatise on politics and totalitarianism ?
Outline:
I) An original conception of war
II) The novel contains many similarities with Stalin's communist regime
III) A gripping political picture of totalitarian future