Oceania is the location of London, where Winston Smith, the main
character, lives.
It is apparently composed of the Americas, the British Isles (called
"Airstrip One" in the novel), Iceland, Australia, New Zealand,
> Ersetze "Iceland" durch "Canada" - merkt ihr was?
The ruling doctrine of Oceania is Ingsoc, the Newspeak euphemism for
English Socialism. Its nominal leader is Big Brother, believed by the
masses to have been the leader of the revolution and still used as an
icon by the party. The personality cult is maintained through Big
Brother's function as a focal point for love, fear, and reverence,
more easily felt towards an individual than towards an organisation.
The society of Oceania is sharply stratified into three groups:
> the small ruling Inner Party,
> the more numerous and highly indoctrinated Outer Party,
> and the large body of politically meaningless Proles.
Except for certain rare exceptions like Hate Week, the proles remain
essentially outside Oceania's political control and are placated by
trivial sports and entertainment; the Thought Police easily manage
any Prole socially aware enough to be a problem.
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character, lives.
It is apparently composed of the Americas, the British Isles (called
"Airstrip One" in the novel), Iceland, Australia, New Zealand,
> Ersetze "Iceland" durch "Canada" - merkt ihr was?
The ruling doctrine of Oceania is Ingsoc, the Newspeak euphemism for
English Socialism. Its nominal leader is Big Brother, believed by the
masses to have been the leader of the revolution and still used as an
icon by the party. The personality cult is maintained through Big
Brother's function as a focal point for love, fear, and reverence,
more easily felt towards an individual than towards an organisation.
The society of Oceania is sharply stratified into three groups:
> the small ruling Inner Party,
> the more numerous and highly indoctrinated Outer Party,
> and the large body of politically meaningless Proles.
Except for certain rare exceptions like Hate Week, the proles remain
essentially outside Oceania's political control and are placated by
trivial sports and entertainment; the Thought Police easily manage
any Prole socially aware enough to be a problem.
> Wie sich die Zeiten ähneln...