In a novel written more than 70 years ago, there are still references and allegations to an all controlling government, better known as “Big Brother”. This phrase has been used throughout the years to intimidate citizens into following one way of thinking or another. What was written as fiction has been taken as fact by extremist, to further their own way of thinking.
George Orwell, author of “1984”, sparked a thought as far back as 1944, when he wrote a letter about Hitler and Stalin stating, “the horrors of emotional nationalism and a tendency to disbelieve in the existence of objective truth because of the facts have to fit in with the words and prophecies of some infallible fuhrer”. This began the process of writing one of the most
George Orwell, author of “1984”, sparked a thought as far back as 1944, when he wrote a letter about Hitler and Stalin stating, “the horrors of emotional nationalism and a tendency to disbelieve in the existence of objective truth because of the facts have to fit in with the words and prophecies of some infallible fuhrer”. This began the process of writing one of the most