Historical References In George Orwell's 1984

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As I've been reading the historical references may not appear directly but appear indirectly in the novel. Orwell wrote 1984 just after World War II ended, wanting it to serve as a warning to his readers. He wanted to be certain that the kind of future demonstrated in the novel should never come to reality, even though the practices that contribute to the development of such a state were abundantly present in Orwell's time. The society in 1984 depicts the political ideas of the societies that existed all around him. Orwell's Oceania is a terrifying society relating closely to Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union… complete crushing of the human mind, absolute governmental control of daily life and activities, constant hunger and control
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