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<br>In these novels the main characters are, or become, unable to conform to the society's standards. These characters represent the authors' view of the utopia' as they see it with the veil of ignorance removed. In 1984, for instance, we start out with a character, Winston, who is constantly observing the ironies of the world about him. Through his job at the ministry of truth, he becomes a hand of the state, creating fiction to support its endeavors: "Comrade Ogilvy, unimagined an hour ago, was now a fact he would exist just as authentically as Charlemange and Julius Caesar." (1984, p54) As the