The use of memory in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is an important factor throughout the novel. The government of Oceania alters the memory of the citizen’s to take charge and change the perception of reality. Big Brother holds the ability to take away the individuality from the people of Oceania to protect the government and to prevent rebellion. Throughout the novel Orwell uses symbols to relate the past. In Nineteen Eighty-Four Orwell focuses …showed first 75 words of 633 total…

…showed last 75 words of 633 total…to contemporary readers. This novel is a sign of caution. The novel tries to make the reader aware that the content of this story could happen to their country or society. Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in the era of World War two with Nazi Germany and their dictatorship government. World War two may have been a shock to citizens so Orwell wrote this novel to warn the later generations not to let it happen again.