This paper examines George Orwell's "1984" in an attempt to discover the author's basic insight that leads to the worldview
presented in the work. The first
section reviews Orwell's own reasons for writing and his comments on the political nature of his work. It briefly considers Orwell's social and personal context in which "1984" was
written. The next section identifies the satire against socialism. The third section explores the specific dangers he warns society against and the views he is promoting, not only as they related to the world in late 1940s when the work was written, but also as they relate to the contemporary world. This section also discusses the heightened fear caused by the closeness of his dystopian vision to reality. The fourth section pursues the ideal world that Orwell wanted to proscribe for us as his creative vision for the book.