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 The Complete Newspeak Dictionary from Orwell's 1984
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 Nineteen Eighty-Four - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
In the novel, Winston recalls a point during the Atomic Wars of the 1950s when a hydrogen bomb was dropped on Colchester (presumably by Eurasian forces), provoking mass panic in civil-war-torn Britain.
The world is controlled by three functionally similar authoritarian superstates engaged in perpetual war with each other: Oceania (ideology: Ingsoc (English Socialism)), Eurasia (ideology: Neo-Bolshevism), and Eastasia (ideology: Death Worship or Obliteration of the Self).
A Third World War then broke out between the three emerging powers of Oceania (led by what had previously been the United States), Eastasia (controlled by a revitalised China), and Eurasia (the expanded Soviet Union).
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /nineteen_eighty-four.htm   (2570 words)

  
 Ingsoc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In George Orwell's dystopic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, Ingsoc (Newspeak for "English Socialism") is the ideology of the totalitarian government of Oceania (The Americas, the Atlantic islands including the British Isles, Australasia, and the southern portion of Africa).
Eastasia and Eurasia, two other superstates that came to be formed and ruled by ideology in a similar manner as Oceania, each have their own equivalents to Ingsoc.
Ingsoc apparently came to dominance during a communist revolution, but as The Party is constantly changing (that is, rewriting) history it is difficult to tell precisely how it came about.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ingsoc   (584 words)

  
 Nineteen Eighty-Four - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
That the United Kingdom is in Oceania rather than in Eurasia is commented upon in the book as an historical anomaly.
Goldstein's book explains that the ideologies of the three states are basically the same, but it is imperative to keep the public ignorant of that.
Orwell is reported to have said that the book described what he saw as the actual situation in the United Kingdom in 1948, where rationing was still in place, and the British Empire was dissolving at the same time as newspapers were reporting its triumphs.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /nineteen_eighty-four.htm   (584 words)

  
 Continental trading bloc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For example, in his 1948 novel, "Nineteen Eighty Four", George Orwell suggested that global power would consolidate into three trading blocs defended by military power that was constantly shifting alliances so that two would be aligned against a third.
His blocs were Eastasia, roughly the Chinese sphere of influence, Eurasia, and Oceania, the Nearctic and Neotropic zone plus most large islands (British Isles, Australia, New Zealand).
Some political commentators have argued that continental trading blocs are natural political units and these views were popular in the early and mid-20th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Continental_trading_bloc   (234 words)

  
 Oceania (fiction) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oceania is one of the three super-states in George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, and is the location of the novel's version of London, where Winston Smith, the main character, lives.
It occasionally conquers the rest of Africa, but is later driven back by Eurasia.
Oceania doesn't have a single capital, although what could be seen as regional capitals such as London are in place.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oceania_%28fiction%29   (234 words)

  
 Oceania (fiction) - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Oceania is one of the three super-states in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, and is the location of the novel's version of London, where Winston Smith, the main character, lives.
It occasionally conquers the rest of Africa, but is later driven back by Eurasia.
Oceania doesn't have a single capital, although what could be seen as regional capitals such as London are in place.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Oceania_%28fiction%29   (156 words)

  
 Nineteen Eighty-Four - Open Encyclopedia
The United Kingdom's placement in Oceania rather than in Eurasia is commented upon in the book as an undisputed historic anomaly.
The bulk of the novel was written on the island of Jura, Scotland in the year 1948 (although Orwell had written small parts of it since 1945), and it was first published on June 8, 1949.
London, the novel's setting, is the capital of the Oceanian province of Airstrip One, the renamed Britain and Ireland.
open-encyclopedia.com /Nineteen_Eighty-Four   (2114 words)

  
 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
From the opening shot of "Nineteen Eighty Four" the viewer is plunged right into the hellhole of Oceania and the ultimate totalitarian nightmare.
Winston Smith (John Hurt) is a drone worker in the Bureau of Information, and his job is to edit the news in accordance with the needs of the governing Party (which is in continual, seemingly endless war with Eurasia and other opposing states).
Whilst the year 1984 may be long past us, the essential themes of George Orwell's best known work still remain as timely and as relevant as ever.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0087803   (680 words)

  
 Continental trading bloc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For example, in his 1948 novel, "Nineteen Eighty Four", George Orwell suggested that global power would consolidate into three trading blocs defended by military power that was constantly shifting alliances so that two would be aligned against a third.
His blocs were Eastasia, roughly the Chinese sphere of influence, Eurasia, and Oceania, the Nearctic and Neotropic zone plus most large islands (British Isles, Australia, New Zealand).
Some political commentators have argued that continental trading blocs are natural political units and these views were popular in the early and mid-20th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Continental_trading_bloc   (234 words)

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