![]() In 1984, Orwell creates a technologically advanced world in which fear is used as a tool for manipulating and controlling individuals who do not conform to the prevailing political orthodoxy. The word is now used to describe any place considered to be perfect. In fact, the word utopia is taken from Sir Thomas More's Utopia, written in 1516. ![]() ![]() Utopia, or Nowhere Land, is an ideal place or society in which human beings realize a perfect existence, a place without suffering or human malady. Among the literary traditions that Orwell uses is the concept of utopia, which he distorts effectively for his own purposes. George Orwell's 1984, like many works of literature, unmistakably carries with it literary traditions reaching back to the earliest of storytellers. ![]()
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