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    Hope?

    Can we expect the tyranny and the totalitarian regime of Big Brother (or any of the other superstate governments) to end? I'm aware of the pessimism that Orwell focuses on throughout 1984, but does he leave the reader with any glimmer of hope? Should we assume that the Proles will overthrow Big Brother thousands of years in the future? And even if a revolution does occur, will a similar government emerge?

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    Quote Originally Posted by m4nboston4e View Post
    Can we expect the tyranny and the totalitarian regime of Big Brother (or any of the other superstate governments) to end? I'm aware of the pessimism that Orwell focuses on throughout 1984, but does he leave the reader with any glimmer of hope? Should we assume that the Proles will overthrow Big Brother thousands of years in the future? And even if a revolution does occur, will a similar government emerge?
    No, no and no, to answer the first three questions, which makes the fourth redundant.

    Orwell clearly left no room for escape in any form.

    Other than death.

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