I-"1984" iyinoveli yokulindela i-dystopian eyabhalwa uGeorge Orwell futhi yanyatheliswa ngo-1949. Indaba yenzeka esikhathini esizayo esicatshangelwayo lapho umhlaba uhlukaniswe waba yizifundazwe ezintathu ezinobushiqela empini engapheli. Umlingiswa oyinhloko, u-Winston Smith, uhlala endaweni eyinqaba yase-Oceania, lapho Iphathi, eholwa nguBig Brother, ilawula ngokuphelele inani labantu, iqeda zonke izinhlobo zenkululeko yomuntu ngamunye nokucabanga okujulile.
UWinston usebenza eMnyangweni Weqiniso, lapho indima yakhe kuwukubhala kabusha umlando ukuze uhlale uhambisana nomugqa weqembu, ngaleyo ndlela esula yonke iminonjana yeqiniso eliqondile. Naphezu kokugadwa okukhona yonke indawo kanye nokuxhashazwa kwengqondo, uWinston uthuthukisa ukuqwashisa okubucayi ngombuso wobushiqela ahlala ngaphansi kwawo futhi uqala ukumelana kwangaphakathi. Uqala ubuhlobo bothando obuyimfihlo noJulia, uzakwabo ohlanganyela ukungabaza kwakhe nesifiso sakhe sokuvukela.
Le noveli icubungula izindikimba ezinjengokubhekwa kwabantu abaningi, ukuxhashazwa kweqiniso nomlando, ukulahlekelwa inkululeko yomuntu ngamunye, kanye nokusetshenziswa kolimi njengethuluzi lokulawula ezombangazwe nge-"Newspeak", ulimi oluklanyelwe ukukhawulela ububanzi bokucabanga okujulile. Elithi “1984” liyisixwayiso ngezingozi zobushiqela, okubonisa indlela uhulumeni wobushiqela angasebenzisa ngayo iqiniso ukuze agxilise amandla awo futhi acindezele konke ukuphikiswa.
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