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D.J. Lang
is on page 30 of 368
Ugh...so this is going to be brilliant and depressing.
"Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason. His mother's memory tore at his heart because she had died loving him, when he was too young and selfish to love her in return, and because..." (30)
— Nov 25, 2024 04:21PM
"Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason. His mother's memory tore at his heart because she had died loving him, when he was too young and selfish to love her in return, and because..." (30)
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D.J. Lang
is on page 69 of 368
I'm obviously not moving very fast through this book. I could say that I am waiting for a reader in the family to catch up with me, but, no, it is so depressing. I had remembered that readers were scared it would happen, and I just now remembered it was banned. One might say it is no wonder culture chose Brave New World over 1984.
— Dec 07, 2024 07:21PM
D.J. Lang
is on page 54 of 368
Ohhh, good thing I'm reading some delightful books at the same time I am reading this book. I'm remembering why the book freaked people out.
— Dec 03, 2024 09:20AM
D.J. Lang
is on page 42 of 368
"...if all others accepted the lie...then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' "(34)
And, page 35! Too long to quote, but Orwell's carefully constructed paragraph on doublethink...wow!
— Nov 26, 2024 07:55PM
And, page 35! Too long to quote, but Orwell's carefully constructed paragraph on doublethink...wow!
D.J. Lang
is on page 27 of 368
"It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage" (27)
— Nov 24, 2024 04:39PM
D.J. Lang
is on page 14 of 368
"Black terror" ugh. I know; it was written in 1949, but I have a harder time with readers not realizing how this constant literary use of "black" as bad/ evil has embedded itself into our culture.
I also forgot how violent this book is from the beginning.
— Nov 20, 2024 08:35AM
I also forgot how violent this book is from the beginning.
D.J. Lang
is on page 4 of 368
Not this edition, but page 4 of a mass produced paperback. I'm reading again a second time.
— Nov 18, 2024 09:23AM
