Someone should e-mail Orwell to you. Save some time.
Wouldn't fly.
The course I'm taking is looking at Orwell's 1984 as a reflection of totalitarianism, particularly what happened in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia.
Plus, I might have to write a paper on it. And chances are I'll need to read Animal Farm and Huxley's Brave New World (though not required) to really make my point.