George Orwell, by writing a dystopian Juvenalian satire in
1984, does not give any modifications or ways to improve
government. There's no implicit message or hope or beauty or freedom in this
book.
This kind of satire is attack-only. His words are
meant to destroy 1984s totalitarian government, not to tweak it. You can't have Big
Brother be reformed politically or socially. He must be obliterated. There's no
conciliation, no qualification, no room for
maneuvering.
Ironically, Big Brother wins against the
individual. That's Orwell's thesis. There is only torture in this type of government.
It's not a subtle message. There's no hope.
Period.
History, I think, has proved Orwell right.
Communism (and fascism) was a god that failed. It took 50 more years though to topple,
so many more individuals were tortured along the way.
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