In 1984, the world lives under a nightmarish regime where Big Brother watches everyone and everything through double-sided television screens, controlling both their actions and thoughts.
In this empire of fear, censorship, propaganda, and falsehood, the particularly deadly sin is the crime of thought. However, Winston Smith manages to escape the suffocating embrace of Big Brother, but unfortunately for a very short time, and the outcome is his complete submission to the totalitarian regime that governs the world.
1984, perhaps the best of Orwell's books, is literally prophetic, anticipating the rise of authoritarian regimes of the 20th century and warning humanity of the grim future that has already begun to dominate the entire world, both East and West.
