Concentrating on the problems of the subject and the subjectivity, this article views George Orwell in the literary tradition the turn of the 19–20th centuries. The author of the article argues that Orwell's concern with the idea of human destruction under the influence of hostile forces, which are represented in Nineteen Eighty-Four by the Big Brother, the Inner Party and O'Brien, cannot be confined to the author's reaction to the catastrophic events of the 20th century and to his political views.
