Context Summary of 1984 (Part 3)
Part Three of the Context Mindmaps for 1984 by George Orwell. This mindmap addresses: the NHS, the Spanish Civil War, Atomic Bomb, Orwell's fear of rats
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- 1984 Context (Atomic Bomb, Spanish Civil War, NHS, Rats)
- NHS
- Founded in July, 1948
- Orwell liked the NHS being founded, as it was a key driving force towards a socialist state and a fairer United Kingdom
- 1984 depicts a society where socialism is no more, and what could have happened if the NHS, (alongside other factors), were not founded and implemented
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Military uprising against the Republican government that ruled over Spain
- Orwell fought in the Spanish Civil War and was badly injured. He and his wife were later indicted of treason in Spain, after being spied on by the Soviet Union.
- Orwell wrote a memoir about his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, entitled 'Homage to Catalonia'
- Orwell turned to the Independent Labour party which backed the anti-Stalinist, pro-Trotsky Poum (the United Marxist Workers party).
- Rats
- Winston's greatest fear, symbolic of the Party's control over others, as they prey on the 'sick and dying' (O'Brien)
- Orwell dealt with rats during him fighting in the Spanish Civil War, so this was an influence too.
- Atomic Bomb
- August 1945
- The USA bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - this was one of the final battles of WW2, which changed the world forever.
- During this time, countries across the world had the same 'national consciousness', in which they were fearful but expected an atomic bomb to drop onto where they live
- They perceived death to be inevitable
- Orwell saw these bombings as being futile, much like the Party, or even Winston's small acts of rebellion
- 'You and the atomic bomb'
- End of 1950s - 60% of USA children reported having nightmares about Nuclear War
- August 1945
- NHS
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