1984 by George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)

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Vocabulary from the novel explained in three parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

"Politics and the English Language"

"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind" 

~George Orwell

Take a look at the care that went into the 1st page...

1984 Social Classes

What is Ingsoc?

Confirmation Bias and Belief Perseverance

Is Big Brother watching you?

"He who controls the present, controls the past.": "In China, a Deliberate Amnesia About '89 Crackdown"

PBS: "Big Brother: 9 Ways You're Being Watched"

Will our televisions be watching us?

Black Boxes on Cars?

Taking School I.D.s to a New Level...

(Don't trust the liberal-leaning Huffington Post? FOX News doesn't like this either. Check out their story HERE.)

"Richmond Pre-School Outfits Students With Tracking Devices"

"High-Tech Aging: Tracking Seniors' Every Move"

"University Attendance Scanners Make Some Uneasy"

"North Korean Minister 'Obliterated'"

"China Tightening Controls on the Internet"

"China Requires Internet Users to Register Names"

"Chinese Activists Defy Guards to Visit Nobel Wife"

Should these words be removed from our language?

SOPA

Should gestures to police be protected speech?

What about flag burning?

Could The Holocaust be removed from history?

"Look Out Cleveland: Your Garbage Can is Watching You!"

"5 Things You Should Know About the FBI's Massive New Biometric Database"

"Computers that See You and Watch Over You"

Repent Harloquin! Said the Tic-Tic Man

Is the European Union's support of the "Right to be Forgotten" good or bad? (See the Wikimedia Foundation's Page: "Notices Recieved From Search Engines Page")

Baseball and 1984?

Does Google contribute to the Macro-Narrative?

"Happy Birthday, George Orwell: The Beloved Author On Money, Government, and Taxes" by Maria Popova

George Orwell's Press Photo