It is ironic that Nineteen Eighty-Four, a novel that adamantly stresses the point that you are never alone and are constantly being watched, would also have alienation as a central theme. Although the Party discourages introspection, it simultaneously promotes a miserable form of isolation unparalleled by any society in existence. Withdrawing the human mind frommeaningful … Continue reading Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Problem of Alienation