Eurasia (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
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Eurasia is one of three superstates in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the others being Eastasia and Oceania. Eurasia comprises all of mainland Europe, modern day Russia, and a fluctuating amount of Manchuria, Mongolia, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. Its political ideology is Neo-Bolshevism. Eurasia has been at war with both Eastasia and Oceania. It is implied that Eurasia was formed from the Soviet Union. The war with Eurasia was actually a hoax to use up resources and keep the population in line (revealed in Goldstein's Book). Neither side actually wanted to win. And when the Party suddenly switched sides, now at war with Eastasia, the government blamed Goldstein. The people then banded around their govenment, percieving an imaginary threat. The Party repeated this process every few years to keep the public relatively loyal to Ingsoc and Oceania.
| Characters | Winston Smith | Julia | O'Brien | Big Brother | Emmanuel Goldstein |
|---|---|
| Places | Oceania | Eastasia | Eurasia | Airstrip One | Room 101 |
| Classes | Inner Party | Outer Party | Proles |
| Ministries | Ministry of Love | Ministry of Peace | Ministry of Plenty | Ministry of Truth |
| Concepts | Ingsoc | Newspeak (wordlist) | Doublethink | Goodthink | Crimestop Two plus two make five | Thoughtcrime | Prolefeed | Prolesec |
| Miscellaneous | Thought Police | Telescreen | Memory hole | Goldstein's book Two Minutes Hate | Hate week |
| Adaptations | 1956 film | 1984 film | 1953 US TV | 1954 BBC programme | Opera |
| Influence | Nineteen Eighty-Four in popular media Parody: Me and the Big Guy |
