So, George Orwell's book 1984 was written in 1948 and published in 1949. It is a futuristic novel about what life would be like once socialist/communist policies take over our lives.
I didn't graduate high school until 1988, so I guess this book wasn't required as much as reading when I was in high school. Obviously, we weren't so close to reaching the sort of disturbing life portrayed in Orwell's novel by 1984, when I was learning what high school was all about.
Isn't it odd that I have only now forced myself to choke it down? And yes, it was quite a choke. Sheesh!
Personally, I think it's effective days are over. But still, it's odd how some of the circumstances in that novel are rather....disturbing.
I need to ponder it a bit. I'm just not philosophical enough to get it right away. Give me time.
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