Its basically a novel that centers around a time in the world were there are only 3 superpowers Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. They are all communist. Heres the timeline that leads up to the book.
1945- WW2 ends. Cold War Begins
1947- The USA and the USSR wage a nuclear war against each other.
1949- The USSR conquers all of europe except for England, Ireland, Iceland and Scotland and becomes Eurasia.
1950- China, India, Japan, The Koreas and Indochina unite to become Eastasia.
1951- Stalin is ousted from power in Eurasia and Eurasia is made a boshevic nation.
1952- Eastasia becomes communist.
1959- Stalin gains influential power in england.
1960- The Revoultionaries Stalin, Goldstein, Aaronson and Rutheford untie all of western civilization under a communist banner and become Oceania.
1961- Indonesia becomes disputed ground.
1962- Goldstein betrays and becomes leader of Eurasia and fights for democracy in Oceania.
1965- Eastasia declares war on Eurasia.
1966- Mongolia becomes part of Eurasia and Eastasia leaves the war.
1971- Aaronson and Rutheford betray as well and joins Goldstein.
1975- Aaronson and Rutheford are captured and executed by Stalin.
1976- Goldstein gains Oceanian followers and the resistance called the Brotherhood is formed.
1977- Goldstein looses power in Eurasia and goes underground to lead the Brotherhood secretly.
1978- Stalin becomes the infamous "Big Brother" and rules Oceania with a tyrannical rule.
1984- Events of the book happen. |