"War is peace; Freedom is slavery; Ignorance is strength" (7). This is the world of Winston Smith. These are the slogans of the Party. The Party is a totalitarian political group, which has control of Airstrip One, formerly England. In George Orwell's book, 1984, the atmosphere created in the book is that of total control by one man- Big Brother. Big Brother is the leader of the Party and can make people think whatever he wants them to think (32). A large part of the atmosphere is represented by the suspense created by Winston Smith.
The suspense begins in the first chapter when Winston purchases his diary (9). When he wrote the thought, "Down with Big Brother," in his diary over and over, he was committing a thought crime and knew the Thought Police would catch him sooner or later. Later, Winston has a dream about a dark haired girl that takes off her clothes in front of him. The girl is a mystery at this point in the story and is treated as someone he frequently has......

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Title: 1984: Critical Review
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