1984, may just be the next read for Madeline Argy’s book club on her Pretty Lonesome podcast.
While discussing the differing literature education requirements by country, Argy brought up the dystopian classic 1984 by George Orwell.
“So I guess, probably, no one in America gets to read 1984 at school,” the podcast host said about the cautionary tale centered around “Big Brother” government written by a British author.
The book, which was written in 1948, focuses on the consequences of totalitarianism, the government’s mass surveillance of the public and how truth and fact can be manipulated.
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“If you haven’t read it, you should because it’s more relevant than ever right now,” Argy told listeners.
In 1984, there’s a term “Newspeak” used that describes condensing language to diminish vocabulary with the goal of controlling society. Orwell communicated that “ungood” was Newspeak for “bad.”
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