Talk:Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

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[edit] africa

I seem to remember from when I read the book for school that there was an attack on Oceanian Africa described as a white arrow? (winston was pleased about it) - then later another black? arrow cut across the white one, which meant that the territories were back to their original positions. It was about 10 yrs ago that I read it so I cant remember exactly --Astrokey44 09:29, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I think this was how they looked, based on [1] --Astrokey44 11:38, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] edits

I removed the final line of the article "According to Goldstein's book, Oceania's main natural defense is its oceans" because this fact is already mentioned in the second paragraph of the article. 68.229.130.236 (talk) 19:58, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oceania National Anthem

Its been awhile since I've read 1984, but is "Oceanian Tis for Thee" even mentioned in the book, or is it only in the Michael Radford movie version? If its not in the book, the article should mention that only the movie version gives a national anthem. Also, the line "the song shares many similarities with Soviet anthems" – I too notice a similarity (in places) between the Dominic Muldowney composition and the Hymn of the Soviet Union, however, any such observation constitutes original research unless cited from a published source. I've flagged these lines and may revise them further soon. Peter G Werner 19:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

OK, I just searched an online version of 1984 here. Oceania 'Tis for Thee is mentioned in the second chapter. My suspicion that the comparison to Soviet anthems is original research still stands, though. Peter G Werner 20:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)