Summary: 1984 (Annotation and Extension by Scott Campbell)

By Campbell Scott

Written in 1944, the novel entitled 1984 proved to be George Orwell’s most unnerving prophecy. Timelier than ever, Orwell’s dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to dominate forms the basis of one of the greatest and best selling novels of all time.
This book and audiobook offer uniqueness, and time and cost-efficiency. Summaries and Expansions, filled with insight and added material most relevant to Orwell’s topics and themes, become yours to enjoy. Many of his most famous scenes and passages form a solid foundation for analysis.
Winston Smith reconstructs history for his nine-to-five job for the Ministry of Truth—a job similar to the one Orwell had with the BBC. With each falsehood that he writes and each truth that he buries, Winston grows to detest Big Brother more. His thoughts start to become his own but Big Brother is constantly watching and listening. Even thinking of creating a personal journal, or falling in love, is punishable by death.
Winston writes a journal and falls in love. Game on.


A stunning and haunting work that blessed us as a unique literary masterpiece, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is both unforgettable and unsettling, from beginning to end. There is no denial of the novel’s tight grip on entire generations or the influence of its warnings—an uncanny power that seems to gain strength, not lose it, with time.
Orwell’s 1984 rose to the top of best seller lists in late 2020 and 2021 because the world continues to evolve from the one which gave him his experiences and motives towards one which matches his gloomy predictions in a most uncanny fashion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scott Campbell
• Release date: Jan 23, 2021
• ISBN: 9791220254540

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Summary and Expansion: 1984 by George Orwell

Scott Campbell

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NOTE TO THE READER

The Insight portions of this book are similar to those of 1984 (Annotated) by George Orwell also published by Scott Campbell. While this book mixes a summary and annotations together, and adds more material that should be of interest, the other features Orwell’s original book in the first section by itself and the insight at the end.

The last section on Communism is similar to the ones that appear in some of my other books, mostly full-length ones.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Summary and Expansion: 1984 by George Orwell 1

NOTE TO THE READER 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

COPYRIGHT: 2021 Scott Campbell All Rights Reserved. 7

ABOUT THE BEST SELLER SUMMARY SERIES 8

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 9

CONTROL OF THE MEDIA: HISTORY 13

SETTING 14

POLITICAL STRUCTURE 16

CHARACTERS 17

PART 1: CHAPTER 1 19

PART 1: CHAPTER 2 23

PART 1: CHAPTER 3 25

PART 1: CHAPTER 4 27

PART 1: CHAPTER 5 28

PART 1: CHAPTER 6 30

PART 1: CHAPTER 7 31

PART 1: CHAPTER 8 33

PART 2: CHAPTER 1 35

PART 2: CHAPTER 2 37

PART 2: CHAPTER 3 39

PART 2: CHAPTER 4 41

PART 2: CHAPTER 5 43

PART 2: CHAPTER 6 45

PART 2: CHAPTER 7 47

PART 2: CHAPTER 8 48

PART 2: CHAPTER 10 51

PART 3: CHAPTER 1 54

PART 3: CHAPTER 2 57

PART 3: CHAPTER 3 59

PART 3: CHAPTER 4 60

PART 3: CHAPTER 5 61

PART 3: CHAPTER 6 63

APPENDIX 65

COMMUNISM 70

LENIN, VLADIMIR 70

STALIN, JOSEPH 71

CARS? WE HAVE HORSES AND BUGGIES! 78

LEADERS SHOULD BE WISE AND WORLDLY 79

ALIEN INVASION 80

THE CONNIVING MARXIST TRAITOR FROM GERMANY 82

THE NEW ZOMBIE PROLETARIAT 84

DSA 86

EPILOGUE 89

About Scott Campbell 92

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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

The atmosphere of 1984 reflects one of an unpleasant and oppressive dystopia. A world imagined in 1944 by journalist, author, broadcaster, and intellectual, George Orwell, proves to be too close for comfort to much of our world today. Orwell’s 1984 rose to the top of the best seller lists in the winter of 2021 after the Presidential election in the USA. One of the greatest novelists of all time, who preferred to call himself a journalist, informs the reader about one of the most important subjects of all time: the rise of Communism and Fascism to control individual lives.

Orwell envisioned the telescreen, a television-like device that views people secretly as they watch it. Today we have Barack Obama's version of the ubiquitous NSA, which spies on the average Joe without his permission. [¹] Orwell also foresaw just three megastates, with similar philosophies and strategies for oppression, and fostering constant war. East-Asia boasts China and its satellite states; the Soviet Union anchors Eurasia; and Oceania contains the United States of America, the UK, and their allies. Are not China, Russia, and the USA at constant war, in one form or another, today?

Orwell's artistic creations for 1984 include Newspeak, a dialectical and purposed English that the totalitarian government exploits to dissuade freedom of thought and debate. Newspeak seems to be the only language where the number of words decreases each year, reflecting reduced communication. Winston advises a colleague, the revolution will be complete when the language reaches perfection.

Nancy Pelosi and the American Democrats passed a bill in early 2021 eliminating gender-specific