1984 was published in 1949 by George Orwell. It is basically about what Americans feared at the time-- Communism. In the futuristic, negative utopia based world, what used to
…be America, Canada, the British Isles, and some other territories are controlled by a government called English Socialism. Winston is a man who lives in London and works for a department of the Party (which is what their oppressive government is commonly known as) and alters all records of the past that are contradicting to the present. In a world of lies, concealment, and trickery of the Party, one man stands against the larger power. As he begins to loathe the Party more and more, he discovers what is truly going on-- the secret "Brotherhood" that seeks to oppose the Party, the mysterious, well-protected Ministry of Love, and the shady figurehead of the Party, the supposedly immortal Big Brother. ( Full Answer )