1984
Book • 1949 •
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Anonymous
it is inferred that the main character’s mother pushed him away from her/the group, and/or may have died.
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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SpritePepsi
By police, no less
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
This is basically the definition of 1984. [Minor spoilers] An authoritarian government manipulating its people and constantly and consistent changing the past by altering and destroying physical evidence. Also, there's "thought crimes" which is a type of manipulation. The people are basically so brainwashed that they could be presented with actual physical evidence and deny reality.
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BigBouncyBalls
Not dwelled on, but Julia states that she slept with a 60 year old man when she was 16
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Sanundertrail
Winston abuses Victory Gin at the start of the book
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
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SpritePepsi
It may be implied that rats were starved in order to be used as a torture method
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Are there bugs?
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ByzantineOtter
There is mention of a particular room being bug-infested, but the infestation is not descibed in detail and the characters aren't unduly bothered by the bugs
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Assault
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Is rape mentioned?
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Axecaliburr
The main character has a fantasy of assaulting his love interest and even tells her
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Is someone restrained?
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ProfessorProcyon
Especially during and prior to the torture scenes.
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JELLYFLOWER
While there is no physical sexual assault, the main character explicitly states that he desired to rape a woman. He also goes through with a sexual act with a woman he believes to be 5-10 years younger than he.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Candycrystals
Also talk of razors in a scene without shaving
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Is there cannibalism?
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Lennons_Lemonade
Winston is threatened with being eaten by rats as a torture method, not cannibalism, but close enough for a mention
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Is there a hanging?
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ByzantineOtter
Not described in detail - the protagonist doesn;t attend a hanging
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Does someone break a bone?
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ProfessorProcyon
Winston breaks his arm in a fight at one point.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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ProfessorProcyon
O'Brien pulls out one of Winston's teeth (not much detail is brought to this), but it's later stated that he eventually had the rest of them removed and replaced with dentures.
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Is someone tortured?
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ProfessorProcyon
Towards the end of the novel, Winston is repeatedly tortured in various methods. It gets pretty disturbing.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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BigBouncyBalls
It’s mentioned that Winston considered pushing his wife down a cliff, but didn’t go through with it.
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Does a kid die?
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atthehuskinbee
It's not directly stated or confirmed, but Winston's little sister disappeared when she was a child along with his mother, and he assumes they've died since they haven't been seen or heard from since.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Lennons_Lemonade
Julia, Winston's love interest, mentions having sex with an older man when she was 16, but there is no active sexualization of minors.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Fear
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Does someone vomit?
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JohnEgbert
During a scene earlier on in the cafeteria, food is described as looking like vomit. Much later on in the ministry of love, one of Winston's cellmates vomits on the floor.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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ProfessorProcyon
Also, while it doesn't really count as soiling oneself, there's a scene where a character is described as using the bathroom very loudly. It's a little gross and might be worth mentioning.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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courtjester
yes and no. the party promotes it, but the main character is against it, so i’d say no since the book is written against it
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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ProfessorProcyon
Electric torture is used.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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WesleyThomas
From a Certain Point-of-View. Winston is brainwashed into beleiving that 2+2=5.
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Mental Health
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Sanundertrail
Winston contemplates suicide instead of being tortured by Miniluv.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Lennons_Lemonade
Kind of. Winston's body changes drastically during his time in prison, it's described in graphic detail what has happened to his body.
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BigBouncyBalls
It’s mentioned that one of Julia’s lovers committed suicide to avoid arrest
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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ByzantineOtter
The party's designated villain is descibed as Jewish, but the are no anti-Semitic slurs used
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Is there hate speech?
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BigBouncyBalls
No explicit racism by the author, but being written in the 40s, the book uses pretty outdated language that could be considered offensive (ex: “a Chinese”, “little yellow men”). This probably doesn’t count as hate speech but idk where else to put it. Also lots of xenophobia from the Party
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Relationships
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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ProfessorProcyon
There's some nudity and sex, but it's not graphically described.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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SpritePepsi
a man and a woman have sex multiple times (though there isn't graphic descriptions)
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Does it have a sad ending?
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moonzetsu
Like you wouldn't believe. 1984 is frequently considered to have one of the biggest downer endings in literature.
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Violence
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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atthehuskinbee
There's several mentions of bombs being dropped. In one scene, Winston is walking right as a bomb has fallen, and finds the hand of a person who died in the explosion.
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