1984 Notes.doc

(6) George Orwell's warning . Orwell wrote his dystopian novel 1984 in 1948. Reversing the digits, he came up with 1984; but the lesson, and the danger, are as great or greater now. During the Cold War, readers of 1984 in the West identified the thought-control with the USSR. The book was a potent weapon which made its readers fear the USSR. ................
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