The social criticism in george orwell'S 1984

1.2 Identification of problems 
 
 
 
 
 
 
After reading1984 novel, the writer identifies some problems in the novel as 
follows: 
1. The social Criticism in 1984. 
2. Totalitarian policy effect to society in the novel. 
3. The social discrimination occurred in the novel. 
4. The injustice law influenced to thecharacters. 
1.3 Scope of problem
 
 
 
 
 
 
The writer focuses on the social criticism in the novel 1984. The writer 
wants to observe the several effects of a totalitarian government that present in 
1984. 
1.4 Statement of problems  
Based on the restrictions on the problem above, the writer would like to 
investigate the following problems: 
1. What kinds of social criticism are presented in 1984? 

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2. How does such the totalitarianism effectto the characters' performances 
in Orwell‘s 1984? 
1.5 Objectives of Writing
 
 
 
 
 
 The objectives of this research are: 
1. To describe the kinds of social criticism presented in 1984. 
2. To describe the totalitarianism effect to the characters in Orwell‘s 1984. 
1.5 Sequence of Writing
 
 
 
 
 
 
The research is composed of five chapters. First, Chapter I is an 
introduction. This chapter presents background, identification of problems, scope 
of problem, statement of problems, objectives of writing, and sequence of writing. 
Second, chapter II is a literature review that includs the previous studies, 
stucturalapproach, and intrinsic elements.The third chapter is methodology. This 
chapter includs the method of collecting data, the method of analysing data, and 
the procedures of the research. 
The fourth chapter is the important part of the thesis, to describe one of parts 
in social criticism which is explained in chapter four. The main focuses that will 
discuss in this chapter is totalitarianism. Totalitarianism is a government system 
that centred on government or king. The analysis of the totalitarianismeffects to 
the characters in Orwell‘s 1984. The last chapter is conclusion. This chapter is the 
concluding one, drawing the inferences taken from the whole analysis and giving 
some suggestions. 

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