In my homeschool World Literature class this year, we are reading George Orwell's
1984, the other outside-the-textbook readings being Edith Hamilton's
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, William Shakespeare's
The Merchant of Venice, and Chinua Achebe's
Things Fall Apart.
I am reading
1984 again, of course. Until now, I hadn't opened the novel itself for over half a century! Naturally, my insights and interpretations are much different now, and I find myself occasionally gasping and frequently nodding my head.
Anyway, here is one of the famous quotations from Orwell's dystopian novel.
For discussion, this FEATURED QUESTION, in two parts: (1) How is the above Orwell quotation true and engulfing us in Orwellian Times? (2) How is the above Orwell quotation
not true and therefore not engulfing us in Orwellian Times?