 Similarities include the normalization of propaganda and surveillance with the telescreens in 1984 and the TVs on school buses spouting so called educational content that turns out to be blatantly false.These novels also touch on brainwashing, with the nightly emails sent to parents that convince them to send their children away to reform camps from which they never return.In contrast, After takes place "during" the reforms, showing how they were allowed to happen, while 1984 only shows the aftermath and its inevitability.