Essay question; Orwells 1984?

Question: Essay question; Orwells 1984!?

What was the Revolution Time and what does it does it has to do with the 20th century !?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Well, Orwell's story was about a thinly disguised Soviet Union!.

As a former member of an independent communist group, Orwell (real name Eric Blair) knew that in the early days of the Soviet revolution (1917-1924) there was a great flowering of democracy and freedom, before Stalin strangled the Revolution and his bureaucracy hardened and destroyed that democracy!.

There are some references in 1984 to that understanding!. Soviet founding fathers Lenin and Trotsky are referred to in the book as "the Leader" and "Goldstein," and at least the Lenin figure is described in a kindly way!. He also discusses the takeover by Big Brother (Stalin), who later turned "Goldstein" into a devil figure, much the way Stalin did to Trotsky!.

I would imagine that "Revolution Time" was Orwell's way of referring to the early Soviet days, before Stalin's takeover, a time when peasants and city workers could speak their minds, argue politics, and make political decisions, without the Stalinist secret police looking over their shoulder, ready to take them away to be "questioned" in Room 101 by the O'Briens of 1984!.

People who do not know Blair (Orwell) and his background, including his fighting as a member of an independent communist, non-Soviet, militia in the Spanish Civil War (see his book "Homage to Catalonia"), will say that "1984" is an anti-communist book!.

In reality, it is a DEFENSE of communist concepts against the Stalinists, who destroyed the Soviet revolution!.Www@QuestionHome@Com