I&#x27;ve read the letters, Hitchens books on Orwell, listened to his lectures on Orwell, read Orwell&#x27;s essays, and his books. The message is to me, that resistance is hopelessly futile once totalitarianism is firmly entrenched and the state has absolute power over humanity itself. That&#x27;s why Winston is broken and loves Big Brother at the end of the book, because there was no other possible outcome.<p>It&#x27;s a warning that if you don&#x27;t stop it by recognizing it&#x27;s rise through dictatorship over language, over emotions, and finally over thought it will be impossible to resist. Well, that is what I (and apparently Hitchens) see in his writing. I also see plenty of parody, especially towards Emmanual Goldstein and his book (Trotsky), purges blaming foreign conspiracy, and the illogical party slogans.