1984

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Does the dog die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Abandonment
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Anonymous
it is inferred that the main character’s mother pushed him away from her/the group, and/or may have died.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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SpritePepsi
By police, no less
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Is there domestic violence?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
This is basically the definition of 1984. [Minor spoilers] An authoritarian government manipulating its people and constantly and consistent changing the past by altering and destroying physical evidence. Also, there's "thought crimes" which is a type of manipulation. The people are basically so brainwashed that they could be presented with actual physical evidence and deny reality.
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Is a child abused?
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BigBouncyBalls
Not dwelled on, but Julia states that she slept with a 60 year old man when she was 16
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Sanundertrail
Winston abuses Victory Gin at the start of the book
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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SpritePepsi
It may be implied that rats were starved in order to be used as a torture method
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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ByzantineOtter
There is mention of a particular room being bug-infested, but the infestation is not descibed in detail and the characters aren't unduly bothered by the bugs
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Axecaliburr
The main character has a fantasy of assaulting his love interest and even tells her
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ProfessorProcyon
Especially during and prior to the torture scenes.
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JELLYFLOWER
While there is no physical sexual assault, the main character explicitly states that he desired to rape a woman. He also goes through with a sexual act with a woman he believes to be 5-10 years younger than he.
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Bodily Harm
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Candycrystals
Also talk of razors in a scene without shaving
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Lennons_Lemonade
Winston is threatened with being eaten by rats as a torture method, not cannibalism, but close enough for a mention
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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ByzantineOtter
Not described in detail - the protagonist doesn;t attend a hanging
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ProfessorProcyon
O'Brien pulls out one of Winston's teeth (not much detail is brought to this), but it's later stated that he eventually had the rest of them removed and replaced with dentures.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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ProfessorProcyon
Winston breaks his arm in a fight at one point.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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ProfessorProcyon
Towards the end of the novel, Winston is repeatedly tortured in various methods. It gets pretty disturbing.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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BigBouncyBalls
It’s mentioned that Winston considered pushing his wife down a cliff, but didn’t go through with it.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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atthehuskinbee
It's not directly stated or confirmed, but Winston's little sister disappeared when she was a child along with his mother, and he assumes they've died since they haven't been seen or heard from since.
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Lennons_Lemonade
Julia, Winston's love interest, mentions having sex with an older man when she was 16, but there is no active sexualization of minors.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Are there razors?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
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ProfessorProcyon
Also, while it doesn't really count as soiling oneself, there's a scene where a character is described as using the bathroom very loudly. It's a little gross and might be worth mentioning.
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Does someone vomit?
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JohnEgbert
During a scene earlier on in the cafeteria, food is described as looking like vomit. Much later on in the ministry of love, one of Winston's cellmates vomits on the floor.
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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courtjester
yes and no. the party promotes it, but the main character is against it, so i’d say no since the book is written against it
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Medical
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ProfessorProcyon
Electric torture is used.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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WesleyThomas
From a Certain Point-of-View. Winston is brainwashed into beleiving that 2+2=5.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there misophonia?
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Lennons_Lemonade
Kind of. Winston's body changes drastically during his time in prison, it's described in graphic detail what has happened to his body.
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Sanundertrail
Winston contemplates suicide instead of being tortured by Miniluv.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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BigBouncyBalls
It’s mentioned that one of Julia’s lovers committed suicide to avoid arrest
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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ByzantineOtter
The party's designated villain is descibed as Jewish, but the are no anti-Semitic slurs used
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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BigBouncyBalls
No explicit racism by the author, but being written in the 40s, the book uses pretty outdated language that could be considered offensive (ex: “a Chinese”, “little yellow men”). This probably doesn’t count as hate speech but idk where else to put it. Also lots of xenophobia from the Party
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there n-words?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
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SpritePepsi
a man and a woman have sex multiple times (though there isn't graphic descriptions)
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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ProfessorProcyon
There's some nudity and sex, but it's not graphically described.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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moonzetsu
Like you wouldn't believe. 1984 is frequently considered to have one of the biggest downer endings in literature.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
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atthehuskinbee
There's several mentions of bombs being dropped. In one scene, Winston is walking right as a bomb has fallen, and finds the hand of a person who died in the explosion.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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