What was George Orwell's purpose for writing "1984?"?

Answer 1

Orwell saw it coming! It's what civilization devolves into when overcrowding occurs.

Answer 2

1984 was not a prediction but a commentary on conditions in Europe post WWII and how they could develop into a totalitarian state. He wrote the book in 1949. For the title, he reversed the figures of the previous year so 1948 became 1984. Had he written it earlier or later the book might have been called 1974 or 1994.

Answer 3

Fear of Communism.
Here's a review: "It is probable that no other work of this generation has made us desire freedom more earnestly or loathe tyranny with such fullness. 1984, the most contemporary novel of the year and who knows of now many past and to come, is a great examination into and dramatization of Lord Acton's famous apothegm, 'power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrups [sic] absolutely. '"
If that isn't about communism, what is, and all those mentions of Big Brother and Thought Control?
And, when Orwell wrote his book, it was right in the middle of the fears that Communism would take over--just before the McCarthy hearings, just as we were seeing that the USSR was becoming an equal and opposite super-power!

Answer 4

It was an extrapolation of what could have happened in Europe if Hitler had prevailed, and a plea to mankind not to let that happen again.

It also was an honest display of human nature, which is to accept almost anything to fit in with others and ensure your own survival.

I don't think Mr Orwell thought very highly of the human race or the nobility of the human spirit.

Answer 5

It's a reflection of what Orwell saw as the greatest danger to human society in the immediate post-WW2 era - the potential for everything to turn into a totalitarian state.

Answer 6

i do no longer agree it truly is has ALL come authentic. actual surveillance is anticipated interior the e book, and all factors of it (in spite of if save receipts, CCTV, economic corporation transactions etc.), yet as for super Brother continuously monitoring our strikes, 24 hours an afternoon, and determining what we do and the place we pass, at what time, and for the way long - Orwell became way off the mark.

Answer 7

it was a warning at that time about Communist governments and really any kind of gov where they have to much power. i think if he wrote it today he would be writing it as a warning to the us about how close we are to living in that type of world. he wanted people to know that when you let a government rule you by your fear, it wont be to long before they take away all of the freedoms we should have as a people.

Answer 8

to show what the govt can and will do to people if they allow it...its to late for us...9-11 did us in

Answer 9

CHRIST, WHAT A LOT OF CRAPPY ANSWERS. THE ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE BOOK WAS "1948" BUT HOW TIME FLIES...

THE IDEA WAS TO WARN ABOUT THE IDIOCY OF GOVERNMENT, LESS IS MORE, UP IS DOWN, ETC..SOUNDS STUPID, BUT IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO TODAY

Answer 10

to make $$$$$