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There is no definitive answer, and no one can know for sure.

2,996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

Room 101 is the place where your worst fear is realized.

George Orwell’s 1984 was published on June 8, 1949.

The book ends with Winston being captured by the Thought Police and taken to the Ministry of Love. There, he is tortured until he finally breaks and becomes a loyal follower of the Party.

George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1948.

In George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother is the face of the government of Oceania, a totalitarian state ruled by the Party.

Emmanuel Goldstein is a character in the novel 1984. He is the leader of the resistance against the government.

The book was banned because it was critical of the Soviet Union and its policies.

The book is set in Airstrip One, which is a province of the superstate Oceania in a world of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, and public manipulation.