Problem: We can examine the world inside the novel by comparing it to our own point of view. You might, for example, imagine our own modern-day military, a force developed for diversity, representing all races, classes and creeds in America and standing under that banner of diversity. Imagine, now, the contrast of the united forces, those keeping everyone in check in Oceania. Then, you might also imagine America's military forces in 1949, when Orwell wrote his novel. America's Armed Forces, fresh from victory and loss in World War II, were helping Europe build the modern-day peace we still enjoy today with concepts like choice and freedom. How do those ideas collide with the leaders in Orwell's novel?