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By Llisa | Published: July 18, 2011

1984 by George Orwell

Many of the key elements and themes in George Orwell’s classic book can be viewed as expanding and contracting powers of 10:

~ Futuristic society (10⁺²)
~ Big Brother/Totalitarian state (10⁺⁵)
~ Thought police (10⁺⁴)
~ Thoughtcrime by the individual (10⁰)

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