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By examining several literary texts, we can see that many Utopian texts written have direct dependence on the world that we live in today. Most are simply futuristic extensions of what we expect the world to be like in 50, 100 or even 500 years from now. 1984, is set 50 years in the future, of when it was written, but the setting is England. Likewise, with A Brave New World, the setting is again England, but it is set even further into the future In 1984, by George Orwell, the main character is Winston Smith, a man who doubts the righteousness of the totalitarian government (Big Brother) that rules Oceania, one of three super states in the world of 1984. We begin the book with Winston, and learn that Big Brother is fictional. The government has developed its own language, is at constant war with the other two super states, and watches its citizens at all times. As Winston's rebellion progresses, we notice that Big Brother is not as unrealistic as we think. Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia are the three battling super states. Each has an identical government, one that is at perpetual war in order to gain complete power over its inhabitants. The process used to gain absolute power is one used by past, present, and future dictato