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George Orwell 1984 Analysis

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In George Orwell’s novel 1984, there is global war that has been going on for as long as anyone can remember. In the novel it seems like only Winston can recall that they haven’t always been at war with the same country. The people of Oceania are told through propaganda that they have always been at war with the same country. Today we have the war on terror, that has no end in sight, a widespread societal fear, suspension of certain civil liberties, and an unclear enemy who could be anywhere or anything. For as long as Winston can remember, Oceania has been in a constant state of war. With whom the country was at war was of neither importance nor consequence. At the beginning of the novel “Oceania was at war with Eurasia and in alliance with Eastasia.” According to records it had always been that way. Though “Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia…… Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war …show more content…

Many people especially younger people can’t remember a time when we weren’t at war with someone. And the war won’t be ending soon “The…. extension of the Afghanistan War hasn’t been a secret to anyone who’s been paying close attention” making Obama’s State of the Union announcement that the Afghanistan War had ended embarrassingly false. In fact very shortly after his speech “the president signed a secret order that would keep the military fighting … in the region through 2015, then delayed any troop pull-out through 2016”. To quote Micah Zenko from the Council on Foreign Relations “First it was al Qaeda, then the Taliban, now ISIS will be reason US military remains in Afghanistan.” There’s always going to be someone. What unnamed group will be holding our attention in 2020 when we still have troops fighting and dying there for nebulous

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