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privacy of London,
227

single-mindedness of,
248

and United States,
350
–52

“England, Your England” (Orwell),
35
,
69

English language. See Language

“English People, The” (Orwell),
224

ENIAC,
276

Equality and inequality,
70
,
123
,
218
,
246
–48,
249
,
314

Eurasia,
5
–6,
68
,
239

Euripides,
223

Facecrime,
24

Fairchild Semiconductor,
272

Faraday, Michael,
262

Farming, demise of,
34

Fascism,
68
,
88
–89,
100
,
234
,
239
,
289
–90,
313
,
347

Fax machine,
280

FCC.
See
Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Act of 1934,
267
–68

Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
267
–69,
272
–73,
276
,
279
,
283

Federal Radio Commission,
266
–67,
360

Fiber-optic systems,
284

Film camera,
69

Films,
34
,
44
,
45
,
55
,
72
,
124
,
220
,
222
,
226
,
237
,
249
,
297
,
298

Fonda, Jane,
43
,
222

Forster, E. M.,
58
,
303
–304,
357

Fragmentation,
279
–83

France,
249

Free market: as the enemy,
121
,
125
–26,
246

and freedom,
249

Hayek on,
218
–20

Orwell's hatred of,
88
–89,
221
,
222
,
245
–46,
249
,
257
,
311

Orwell's positive comments on,
125
–27,
257
–58.
See also
Capitalism

Freedom: and democratic socialism,
90
,
121

in early nineteenth-century America,
90
,
126

economic freedom,
249
–50

and economic totalitarianism,
122

end of,
35

and equality,
57
,
249

and machines,
57
,
70

of the press,
89
,
226
,
300

and science,
68

of speech,
68
,
218

of telescreen in private hands,
75
,
126
–27,
222
–28,
239
,
251

of thought,
125
,
220
,
239

Freedom Is Slavery,
5
,
23
,
127
,
239
–40,
245
,
251

Friis, Harold T,
270

Gandhi, Mahatma,
244

Gangster-gramophone,
34
–35

Gaulle, Charles de,
322
,
355

General Electric,
276

Gin, occurrences of term in text,
24
. See
also
Victory Gin

Goebbels, Joseph,
220
,
223

Grammar,
218
–19

Gramophone,
34
–35,
44
,
45
,
55
,
69
,
220
,
222
,
223
,
237
,
296
–97,
300

Great Dictator, The
,
297

Gulliver's Travels
(Swift),
236
,
348

Gutenberg Galaxy, The
,
69

“Hanging, A” (Orwell),
258

Hayek, Friedrich,
218
–20,
222
,
234
,
250
–51,
310

Henson, Francis A.,
235

History, falsification of,
3
–4,
99
,
223
,
229
,
260

Hitler, Adolf,
45
,
56
,
57
,
90
,
100
–101,
121
,
246
,
289
,
306
,
314
,
322
,
329
,
339
,
355

Holden, Inez,
357

Hong Kong,
225

Hush-A-Phone,
268
–69,
271
,
272
–73,
284

Huxley, Aldous,
33
,
58
,
221
,
237

IBM,
261
,
264
,
268
,
269
,
272
,
276
–80,
359

Ignorance Is Strength,
5
,
6
,
23
,
127
,
238
,
245

“Imaginary Interview with Jonathan Swift” (Orwell),
58
,
235
,
257

“In Front of Your Nose” (Orwell),
240

Industrialism,
44
–45,
57
,
307
–08,
343
.
See also
Machines Informers,
24

Ingsoc,
5
,
68
,
70
,
250
,
307

Inner Party,
5
,
6
,
25
,
67

Inquisition,
57

Integrated circuit,
272
,
278

Intel,
272
,
279

International Business Machines.
See
IBM

Iron Heel, The
(London),
58

Japan,
225

Jefferson, Thomas:
242
,
242
n,
244
,
247

Jews,
316

Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson,
310

Jobs, Stephen,
261

Julia,
4
–5,
6
–8,
67
,
127
,
243
–44,
326

Jura,
227

KDKA radio station,
266

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
(Orwell),
34
,
88
,
89
,
125
–26,
219
,
226
,
245
,
246
,
249
,
257
–58,
271
,
339
,
353
,
358

Kilby, Jack,
272

Kim II Sung,
238

Kingsbury commitment,
263

Kipling, Rudyard,
235
,
237
,
241
,
298

Koestler, Arthur,
58
,
295

Labour Party,
124
,
227
,
347

Language,
70
,
72
,
218
–19,
225
–26,
237
,
247
,
248
,
259
–60,
307
,
341
–42,
344
,
351
–52.
See also
Newspeak

Lenin, VI.,
126
,
269

Lewis, Monk,
358

Liberty,
35
.
See also
Freedom

Libraries of Alexandria, destruction of,
223

Light as metaphor,
318

Lilies of the field parable,
90
–91,
247

Lion and the Unicorn, The
(Orwell),
100
–101,
224
,
238
,
316
,
323

Literature,
69
,
74
–75,
123
–24,
125
,
225
,
235
–37,
259
–60,
328
,
358

“Literature and Totalitarianism” (Orwell),
121
–22

Local area network,
280

London, Jack,
58
,
303

“Looking Back on the Spanish War” (Orwell),
68

Loyalty,
310
–11

Machiavelli, Niccolò,
57

Machine guns,
237

“Machine Stops, The” (Forster),
58

Machines: benefits of,
70
–71

and centralization,
44
–45,
99

as the enemy,
58
,
67
,
229
,
245

Orwell's dislike of,
33
–35,
70
,
71
,
221
,
222
,
228
–29,
251
,
329
–30

Orwell's halfhearted optimism about,
71
–75,
307
–308

and politics,
57

portrayal of, in literature,
236
–37

Wilde on,
289

Macintosh,
261
,
346

Mainframe computers,
274
–75,
276
–77,
279
–80

Mao Tse-Tung,
238

Marconi, Guglielmo,
265
,
283

Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America,
266

Market,
87
–88,
257
–58,
311
.
See also
Free market

Marrakech,
247

Mass communications,
34
–35,
44
,
57
–58

Mauchly, John W,
276

MCI,
273
–74,
275
–76,
284

McCarthy, Joseph,
238
,
239
,
349

McGill, Donald,
227

McLuhan, Marshall,
69

Memory holes,
23

Microfilm,
72
,
224

Microphone,
223
,
262

Microprocessor,
272
,
278
–79,
362

Microwave Communications.
See
MCI Microwaves,
270
–73,
283
,
284

Middle class,
6
,
290
,
300
,
319

Miller, Henry,
297

Minicomputers,
274
–75,
280

Ministry, frequency of occurrence in text,
44

Ministry of Information (British),
124
,
225
,
227
,
292

Ministry of Love,
6
,
9
,
24
,
43
–44,
99
,
121
,
125
,
217
,
251

Ministry of Peace,
45
,
99
,
121
,
228

Ministry of Plenty,
99
,
121
,
124
,
125
,
217
,
218
,
247
,
250

Ministry of Truth,
3
,
8
,
24
,
25
,
43
–44,
58
,
99
,
121
,
125
,
127
,
223
,
257

Modem,
224
,
272
,
280

Money,
88
–89,
90
,
125
–26,
219
,
226
,
245
–46,
249
,
251
,
312
,
353
,
354
,
357

Monopoly,
44
,
73
–75,
89
,
100
,
124
,
126
,
217
,
220
,
221
–22,
224
,
226
,
238
,
262
–64,
267
–69,
273
,
278
,
284
,
316
. See
also
Antitrust suits

Morse, Samuel,
262

Motorola,
278

Movie camera. See Cinematograph

Muggeridge, Malcolm,
221

Mussolini, Benito,
57
,
314
,
334

Mutability of the past,
3
–4,
23
–24

National Cash Register (NCR),
264
,
362

Nazism,
56
,
289

Neo-Bolshevism,
5
,
68

Neofascism,
218

“New Words” (Orwell),
72
,
226
,
251
,
252
,
259

Newspapers,
34
,
44
,
89
,
124
,
221
,
226
,
249
,
282
,
308
,
313

Newspeak,
2
,
3
,
23
,
25
,
72
,
219
,
225
–26,
242
,
352

Newton, Sir Isaac,
225

1984: as Book-of-the-Month Club selection,
288

book-within-a-book in,
5
,
24
,
127
,
246
,
255

critical acclaim for,
1
–2

emotion and betrayal in,
3
,
23
,
242
–44

ending of,
69
,
244
,
340