Basically 1984, much like Orwell’s previous “Animal Farm”, is a critique of Stalinism, with obvious analogies – Big Brother is Stalin, Goldstein is Trotsky (real name Bronstein), Rutherford, etc are the Old Bolsheviks that Stalin was in the process of purging, etc. “Brave New World” is more of a critique of the West – that we allowed ourselves to be easily distracted by entertainment and material goods that we fall into tyranny that way.
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