1. Cooper Bertke, Ryan Siazon, Skyler Dorn, and Jon Bobko

2. Who is George Orwell?  George Orwell was the alias of Eric Blair.  He was born in the British colony in Bengal, India.

3. Personal Beliefs  Some personal beliefs that are seen in his works are how he was anti-Stalin, and anti-totalitarianism  Anti-Stalin is seen in “Animal Farm”, and a lot of his works show his anti- totalitarianism.

4. Experiences  He started shaping propaganda for BBC to gain war support in India and east Asia.  He felt that he shaping wrongful propaganda.

5. 1984 Info.  It was written in 1948 and published June 8, 1949  He wrote 1984 because of his experience with censorship with the BBC  He saw censorship and totalitarian leaders

6. Reasons for Writing  He explained his writing in his essay, “Why I Write.”  All his serious work that he had written since the Spanish civil war in 1936 was written, directly or indirectly against totalitarianism and for democratic- socialism

7. Is Big Brother Watching You?  We believe big brother is watching because of the recent leaks that have been coming out regarding the National Security Agency(NSA). The NSA collects information on all U.S. Citizens and it was recently discovered that the NSA collects information on European/Asian Citizens as well