The afterword of this book said that a smug person would think that 1984 was merely a Stalinist projection, but that in fact the novel has bearing on us all today.
I'd like to qualify that statement. 1984 seemed entirely Communistic, an obvious response on Orwell's part to the world events surrounding him during his lifetime. However, the book still has applications because Communism has not been entirely obliterated. In fact, I believe there are vestiges of it within American politics today.
The fundamental problem with the 1984 scenario is the complete dismissal of God. In the Orwellian future, "God is power," and nothing else. As if God were merely a metaphor!
Obviously, Orwell's book has had lasting reverberations throughout culture. His newspeak and doublespeak were some of the most prophetic creations in the novel, for the English language continues to degenerate, and the completely offenceless vocabulary does not seem so far off.
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