1984

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”

In the post apocalyptic story that could almost be a reflection of current times what we find is a representation of how far control and power will take us. In short this story is a nightmare of the world we currently live in. One Party controls all that happens and trust is something that can not be afforded to another, but it has been made as a weapon against the inhabitants of that world. In this sick twisted fantasy everything that defines humanity is used as a weapon against itself. To wage war against a people you need not use weapons, but their very essence against themselves to make them conform. This is exactly what Orwell uses to show how easy it is to get the outliers to buy in. Man can be destroyed, but ideas live forever. Kill man's ability to think and you direct his footsteps.