1984_3rd Period

The Three Great Super States

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  • The three great super states are Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia, as well as the disputed land.
  • North and South America, the British Isles, Australasia and the Southern portion of Africa are in Oceania.   
  • Eurasia covers all of the European and Asiatic land-mass.
  • Eastasia consists of China, Manchuria, Mangolia and Tibet.

Warfare

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In 1984, the nature of war was to gain something from the other super state that they were at war with. Though today war would be caused by general conflict and the transportation of resources, in 1984 every super state had all they needed. The war was for the people, and the only resource the government wanted was labor, or laborers. The land they were fighting over was the excuse they used for war. They conquered other super states to take their people as laborers and slaves. In the book, soldiers were stationed on frontiers and floating fortresses. The entire military consisted of unknown unseen small groups of professional solders.


"The Machine"

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In 1984, "The Machine" is the same as industrialization. It was supposed to make the quality of life better, but for governments like Big Brother, it was a problem. This was a problem because if one had enough stuff they want more but immediately everyone can have enough, so it threatened to eliminate the lowest class, so the war is how they solved the problem.

For science and technology today, we value new ideas and scientific thought. But since Big Brother wants to control thought it is almost impossible for people to have new ideas or create new things.