1984, a book by George Orwell, offers an alternative reality for what the future could have been. The concept of a totalitarian society is nothing more than a distant ideal, if not long dead. In the past totalitarianism was not just an ideal but a real and living threat to the people of the late 1940s. Totalitarian governments will do anything to sustain and increase their power. In the novels 1984, by George Orwell, and Anthem, by Ayn Rand, propaganda, class distinction, and naivety are explored in fictional societies. Orwell and Rand's stories are based on dystopias and the individuals in those societies who dare to stand out. George Orwell uses Winston Smith, the timidly rebellious protagonist; The Party, the government in power; and Big Brother, the face of the Party; and Ayn Rand uses Martyrdom, self-sacrifice; Naming, a process using words and numbers as a means of identification; and collectivism, everyone is equal and refers to themselves as us, to illustrate how dangerous a naive working class, propaganda and propaganda, and an unrecognized class distinction can be in a society. A naive working class is dangerous because the inability or unwillingness to The authority of the question condemns the working class to suffer the full extent of the oppression of the ruling class. In 1984, Winston Smith is a minor member of the ruling party. He hates the totalitarian control and forced repression that characterizes his government. The aim of modern tyrannies has been to deny man this sense of responsibility and to gradually eliminate all feelings. The working class of Oceania is ignorant and, as such, is blindly loyal to the government. Oceania residences have terrible odors. Orwell describes... the middle of the page... with his own thoughts. Works Cited Orwell, George. _!984_. Austin: Harcourt & Brace, 1977. Rand, Ayn. _Hymn_. 100th ed. New York: New American Library, 1995. Read, Herbert and Harold Bloom. "1984." Bloom's modern critical views: George Orwell;. Bloom's modern critical views. "March 23, 2005". EBSCOhost. p.25-27, 3p. EBSCOhost. "3 April 2011". http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=6982cc7c-d6f5-41a1-9965-e42d8024e481%40sessionmgr114&vid=1&hid=106&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=lfh&AN=16493082 .Bloom, Harold. "Introduction." Modern Critical Interpretations of Bloom: 1984. Modern Critical Interpretations of Bloom. "March 28, 2005". EBSCOhost. 1987, p1-7, 7p. EBSCOhost. "3 April 2011". http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=2ed5dd42-8ef8-4b0f-b5c2-4f1ec4f9b214%40sessionmgr104&vid=1&hid=106&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=lfh&AN=16524927.