Listen "1984 by George Orwell"
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The provided text is an excerpt from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, depicting a dystopian future ruled by the Party and its omnipresent leader, Big Brother. The protagonist, Winston Smith, rebels against the Party's totalitarian control by keeping a diary, an act of thoughtcrime punishable by death. The excerpt explores themes of surveillance, manipulation of history, and the Party's suppression of individual thought and emotion through propaganda and the invented language, Newspeak. Winston's forbidden relationship with Julia and his interactions with other characters, such as O'Brien and Syme, further illustrate the Party's pervasive influence and the struggle for individual freedom. The narrative highlights the Party's power to control the past, present, and future, leaving Winston and others perpetually vulnerable.
The provided text is an excerpt from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, depicting a dystopian future ruled by the Party and its omnipresent leader, Big Brother. The protagonist, Winston Smith, rebels against the Party's totalitarian control by keeping a diary, an act of thoughtcrime punishable by death. The excerpt explores themes of surveillance, manipulation of history, and the Party's suppression of individual thought and emotion through propaganda and the invented language, Newspeak. Winston's forbidden relationship with Julia and his interactions with other characters, such as O'Brien and Syme, further illustrate the Party's pervasive influence and the struggle for individual freedom. The narrative highlights the Party's power to control the past, present, and future, leaving Winston and others perpetually vulnerable.
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