Dystopia, Orwell, and Nineteen Eighty- Four

I'm putting the final touches on my senior sem final project right now, so naturally I've become an expert this semester, in a very specific subject, my paper topic. I chose to write my senior paper on the influence that the real world events of World War II had on the genre of dystopic literature around the same time as the war. I also addressed the mechanics of adherence to government, compliance with authority, and what makes one willing to surrender their individuality. George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four is one of the books I address in my paper, so I thought it would be fun to post a clip of its onscreen adaptation for this class. It's not a cinematic masterpiece by any means, but the books was revolutionary.