like a nightmare

Mortimer 2022-11-24 21:43:17

When I was chatting before, I remember someone mentioning that the world written in 1984 was like the Cultural Revolution—human state, clothing, Red Guards, work clothes, unreasonable violence...
Maybe, everything is based on the control of ideology. The totalitarian rule of means will have such consequences, and these consequences are very similar, because here is full of darkness that oppresses human nature.

I have seen a documentary about the Cultural Revolution, the daughter of a high-ranking general who was beaten as a counter-revolutionary during the Cultural Revolution, talked about her various bad behaviors in the era when she was domesticated and brainwashed by the revolution, and talked about the female students like her, how? Can suddenly turn into a bloodthirsty violent maniac in an instant.

I once saw George Orwell's participation in the Spanish Civil War in "Spanish Travel Notes", which wrote: "It's a little unfortunate that Orwell and his new wife were eager to come to support Spain, and it happened that they did not pass the communist party. The international channel, but after a turning point, was introduced to a left-wing political party organization in Spain, the 'United Workers Party', and joined their army when they came. And this party, in the Spanish republican infighting, Exactly what was purged. It wasn't until Orwell nearly died in a purge that he thought he was 'one of his own' that such a horrific difference could be made between comrades." The faction that Orwell accidentally joined was declared an "illegal organization" by the government. "An atmosphere of suspicion was formed among various groups of people, and most people dared not meddle in their own business. People got spy mania and whispered that everyone else was a spy for a communist or a Trotskyist or an anarchist or something. "

At the same time, the famous writer Hemingway participated in the Spanish War, but their experiences were different. Orwell was the "fifth column" that Hemingway wrote to be wiped out. The so-called "fifth column" included thousands of people. 10,000 working class, with thousands of foreigners who came to Spain to fight the fascists, who sacrificed their nationality and livelihood, but were considered traitors employed by the enemy, including Orwell himself During

the entire war, there was an atmosphere of political suspicion and a vague atmosphere, and the moment of danger hung over his head, and Orwell himself almost didn't get a bullet pierced in the neck. So he was reluctant to stay in this place full of feelings for a moment later. Spain, with revolutionary ideals, wanted to return to England like an arrow.

As you can imagine, the experience will feel like a haunting nightmare for anyone — just like this movie.

PS Boy's feet are very familiar, I couldn't help but check it out, and sure enough - it's the headmaster of Harry Potter, haha!

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1984 quotes

  • Winston Smith: I know you'll fail. Something in this world... some spirit you will never overcome...

    O'Brien: What is it, this principle?

    Winston Smith: I don't know. The spirit of man.

    O'Brien: And do you consider yourself a man?

    Winston Smith: Yes.

    O'Brien: If you're a man, Winston, you're the last man. Your kind is extinct. We are the inheritors. Do you realize that you are alone? You are outside history. You unexist. Get up.

    [Winston gets up and O'Brien shows him his reflection in a mirror. Winston is disheveled and beaten]

    O'Brien: *That* is the last man. If you are human, *that* is humanity.

  • O'Brien: Power is tearing human minds apart and putting them back together in new shapes of your own choosing.