history: 1984 is an incredible book. George Orwell has a great mind to predict such a future.
knowledge: The novel is set in Airstrip One, formerly Great Britain, a province of the superstate Oceania, whose residents are victims of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance and public manipulation.
response: Yes, the novel features a setting where people are victims of constant war and surveillance by the government
history: 1984 is an incredible book. George Orwell has a great mind to predict such a future.
Yes, the novel features a setting where people are victims of constant war and surveillance by the government
I had only read the book because a teacher assigned it but I would like to get into some of his other work. Are you familiar with any of it?
knowledge: Winston's job is to rewrite past newspaper articles, so the historical record always supports the Party's agenda.
response: No I'm not.  I know in 1984 there's a character named Winston, who has to rewrite newspaper articles in order to support the Party's agenda.
history: 1984 is an incredible book. George Orwell has a great mind to predict such a future.
Yes, the novel features a setting where people are victims of constant war and surveillance by the government
I had only read the book because a teacher assigned it but I would like to get into some of his other work. Are you familiar with any of it?
No I'm not.  I know in 1984 there's a character named Winston, who has to rewrite newspaper articles in order to support the Party's agenda.
Weird.  Can you tell me more?
knowledge: Via the ''Thought Police'', the Inner Party persecutes individualism and independent thinking, which are regarded as ''thoughtcrimes''.
response: Well there's the Inner Party, who use the "Thought Police" to persecute independent thinking and individualism, which are seen as "thoughtcrimes."
history: 1984 is an incredible book. George Orwell has a great mind to predict such a future.
Yes, the novel features a setting where people are victims of constant war and surveillance by the government
I had only read the book because a teacher assigned it but I would like to get into some of his other work. Are you familiar with any of it?
No I'm not.  I know in 1984 there's a character named Winston, who has to rewrite newspaper articles in order to support the Party's agenda.
Weird.  Can you tell me more?
Well there's the Inner Party, who use the "Thought Police" to persecute independent thinking and individualism, which are seen as "thoughtcrimes."
That's terrible. It's a shame that in this day and age there is a version of that same thought police.
knowledge: George Orwell's concept of ''thought policing'' derived from the intellectual self-honesty shown by a person's ''power of facing unpleasant facts''; thus, criticising the prevailing ideas of British society often placed Orwell in conflict with ideologues, people advocating ''smelly little orthodoxies''.
response: Think so?  Orwell's "thought policing" concept came from conflict that arose when Orwell criticized British society's prevailing ideas.