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(Created page with "a dystopian novel and "cautionary tale" by British socialist writer George Orwell * "dystopian" = * Orwell himself called the book a great warning * critics have called it a prophetic (predictive of the future) as well as a warning we will refer to it as "1948" here * == Background == * the book was written a few years after the end of World War II * and the creation of the United Nations (UN) ** Orwell had called for the UN's "Universal Declaration of Human Right...") |
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a dystopian novel and "cautionary tale" by British socialist writer George Orwell | a dystopian novel and "cautionary tale" by British socialist writer George Orwell | ||
* "dystopian" = | * "dystopian" = "bad place" | ||
* | *cautionary tale = a story with a moral purpose, esp. to warn against bad behavior | ||
**ex. Aesop's Fables are "cautionary tales" | |||
Orwell | *Orwell saw the book as a warning | ||
* critics have called it a prophetic (predictive of the future) as well as a warning | * critics have called it a prophetic (predictive of the future) as well as a warning | ||
we will refer to it as "1948" here | we will refer to it as "1948" here | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
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* whereas Animal Farm cautioned against totalitarian communism, 1984 also cautions against the fascism of Hitler and Mussolini (Italian fascist) | * whereas Animal Farm cautioned against totalitarian communism, 1984 also cautions against the fascism of Hitler and Mussolini (Italian fascist) | ||
* the book was in part a response to Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World" | * the book was in part a response to Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World" | ||
** Huxley's dystopia is of a people controlled/ enslaved by drugs and pleasure | |||
** Orwell's dystopia was violent | |||
=== Writing of the novel === | === Writing of the novel === | ||