George Orwell's novel 1984 can be seen as prophetic or, at the very least, as a logical extension of the control of some governments in Orwell's time. The story is about a middle-class man, Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of a ruling party in London, Oceania. Everywhere, even in individual homes, the Party observes its citizens through television screens; a television with a camera inside. Everywhere he looks he sees the face of Big Brother, the all-knowing leader of the Party. In Oceania the Party controls everything, even history and language. The Party is introducing the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which prevents rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking unorthodox thoughts is a betrayal to the government. This “psychocrime” is the worst of all transgressions (sparknote.com). One of the main themes is the Party's ability to rewrite history to glorify itself. Someone opposed to my statement might say that no one can truly rewrite history, and if they did someone would betray them. However, when we look at an example in the book, whic...