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'''Nineteen Eighty-Four''' (sometimes written '''1984''') is a novel written by George Orwell, an English novelistwriter (1903-50). ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' is a science -fiction noveltale about a man named Winston Smith, who longs for escape from life in a totalitarian society. At the end of the novel, his discontent is discovered and he is not only tortured into obeying the government, but into loving the all-controlling state as well. His free will is destroyed.
 
==Canon References==
''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' is mentioned twice during the run of the series. It is one of the novels offered as part of [[Timothy O'Neill|Mr. O’Neill]]’s reading assignment in "[[Write Where It Hurts]]." Furthermore, inIn "[[Psycho Therapy]]," when [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] learns that the purpose of the family's visit to [[Quiet Ivy]] is for a familypsychiatric evaluation, Daria checks her wrist and says, "Gee, look at the time. Nineteen Eightyeighty-Fourfour already."
 
Note that Daria is shown clutching a copy of Orwell's ''[[Animal Farm]]'' when she gets out of her parents' car at [[Camp Grizzly]], during the flashback to her first arrival at same.
''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' is mentioned twice during the run of the series. It is one of the novels offered as part of [[Timothy O'Neill|Mr. O’Neill]]’s reading assignment in [[Write Where It Hurts]]. Furthermore, in [[Psycho Therapy]] when [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] learns that the purpose of the family's visit to [[Quiet Ivy]] is for a family evaluation, Daria says, "Gee, look at the time. Nineteen Eighty-Four already."
 
==Fanfiction References==
In [[Victory Lane]], by [[Brother Grimace]], [[Daria]]'s mental state after intensive therapy is compared to Winston Smith's at the end of ''Nineteen Eighty-Four,'', when he "lovesloved Big Brother"."
 
In [[The Angst Guy]]'s [[Daria 2007: The Girl From Hope]], Daria calls the school-supplied electronics that only used school programming that cannot be altered '"goodthink'," and [[Jane]] catches the reference to ''1984.'' In "[[Darkness]]," by the same author, an unsubtle comparison is made between the theocratic American government and Orwell's totalitarian state with the appearance of a billboard showing the solemn face of Christ, with the legend, "JESUS IS WATCHING YOU."
In [[Victory Lane]], by [[Brother Grimace]], [[Daria]]'s mental state after intensive therapy is compared to Winston Smith's at the end of ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', when he "loves Big Brother".
 
In [[The Angst Guy]]'s [[Daria 2007: The Girl From Hope]] Daria calls the school-supplied electronics that only used school programming that cannot be altered 'goodthink', and Jane catches the reference to 1984.
 
==External Links==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four Wikipedia article on ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'']
 
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