Modern Day Technology is Creating a 1984-Type Society George Orwell’s novel 1984 tells the story of Winston Smith, a man living in the dystopian society of Oceania in the year 1984. Oceania is ruled over by Big Brother and the Inner Party, a political group that believes in Ingsoc, English Socialism, and creating a world free of unorthodoxy and individuality. This is done by inventing Newspeak, Oceania’s official language designed to limit individual thought, and organizations like the Thought Police, who punish people that go against the Party’s ideals. Winston, unlike most of the population, dislikes the Party and believes in creating a society that embraces freedom of thought. He carries on this belief until the end of the novel, when he
