1984: Book 1 Chapters 2-7 https://mindbendingtruth.com/2015/05/08/george-orwell-1984-the-future-is-now/

P. 25—O’Brien and “The Place Where There Is No Darkness” Dreams P. 25—O’Brien and “The Place Where There Is No Darkness” 29—Mom, Sister, Dad 30—“Golden Country” and the dark-haired girl ending with “Shakespeare” https://www.pinterest.com/pin/374150681517046853/

28—"Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”

History and Manipulation 32—Real history mixes with made up 34—“Always at war with Eurasia” 34—“if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth” 34—“Who controls the past […] controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” 38—Winston’s job is to change documents for the Party

History and Manipulation: Continued 40--Palimpsest--“a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.” 43—Proles given the lowest intelligence entertainment: sports, crime stories, sex, and sentimental songs. What does this say about our current tastes? Your tastes? 46--“It was better to make it deal with something totally unconnected with its original subject.” How do you change the articles? Sleight of hand. Distraction toward something which hits buttons. “Traitors,” “Thought-criminals,” or heroes (who may not have ever existed).

Syme 48—“Friend.” “You did not have friends nowadays, you had comrades.” Works on the Newspeak dictionary 53—Winston thinks: “Syme will be vaporized. He is too intelligent. He sees too clearly and speaks too plainly. The Party does not like such people.”

lANGUAGE 51--“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.” Bad turns to “ungood,” and intensifiers are “plusgood” and “doubleplusgood.” 52—”the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought”

53—“Orthodoxy means not thinking— not needing to think.”

Chestnut Tree Café 55--Syme goes there often Goldstein maybe is seen there from time to time 76—former Party members spotted by Winston: “corpses waiting to get sent back to the grave.” 77—Song lyrics “I sold you and you sold me”

64--He is married to Katherine Winston 64--Recalls a time with a Prole prostitute (the Party does not punish much because it keeps members from being together. It is “joyless.) 64--He is married to Katherine

69--“If there is hope […] it lies in the proles.” 85% of the population 70--“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” 71—“Primitive patriotism” keeps them in check

Middle class makes up 50% of the US population (ish). THE USA Middle class makes up 50% of the US population (ish). At or below poverty line: 15-35% depending on definition

81—“reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.” Truth 80-1—2+2 = 5? 81—“reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”

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