Nineteen Eighty-Four essay "Notes on Nationalism" about the lack of vocabulary needed to explain the unrecognised phenomena behind certain political forces. In "Nineteen Eighty-Four", the Party's artificial, minimalist language 'Newspeak' addresses the matter. O'Brien concludes: "The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power." In the book, Inner Party member O'Brien describes the Party's vision of the future: A major theme of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is censorship, especially in the Ministry of Truth, where photographs are modified and public archives rewritten to rid them of "unpersons" (persons who are erased from history by the
Adaptations of Nineteen Eighty-Four Adaptations of Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell's dystopian political novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" has been adapted for the cinema, radio, television, theatre, opera and ballet. "Me and the Big Guy" is a 1999 short film that parodies "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by Matt Nix. In March 2012 it was announced that a consortium of Hollywood production companies including Imagine Entertainment was set to reboot and make another feature film based on the novel. Reportedly the consortium has secured rights from Orwell's estate. However, no further developments were revealed for some time. In November 2015 Paul Greengrass was attached to direct with Scott Rudin and