This is some of my lit review. It’s trash, so you probably don’t want to copy it.

Setting: This book takes place in a future society called Oceania. This setting is integral to the story as it warns of a potential future that could be possible in Orwell’s eyes. The book highlights the relationship between past and present, with Winston constantly saying things like, “All of history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary,” (Orwell 40). The reader, knowing that this book takes place in the future, might be alarmed by the possibility of their own life and everything leading up to it being completely erased from history. This book relates to this sense in the readers by even alluding to familiar events such as, “the fabulous world of the Forties and the Thirties, when the capitalists in their strange cylindrical hats still rode through the streets of London in the great gleaming motorcars or horse carriages with glass sides,” (Orwell 36). This contrast between the future and past in the book is dependent upon the story being set in the future. 

Motif: George Orwell’s 1984 has a motif of ignorance. One of the most significant quotes is, “Nothing was your own except for the few cubic centimeters inside your skull,” (Orwell 27). Even when everything else has been taken from you, you still have your mind and your ability to think, even if you can’t voice those thoughts. However, in the book, it is constantly shown how the society strips them of their desire and ability to think. Newspeak limits their ability to express and formulate thoughts, and fear causes them to suppress their thoughts to avoid punishment. This forced ignorance keeps the people in check, but also destroys their happiness and meaning in life.