Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Today there were fear, hatred, and pain, but no dignity of emotion, no deep or complex sorrows.

The thing that now suddenly struck Winston was that his mother's death, nearly thirty years ago, had been tragic and sorrowful in a way that was no longer possible. Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there was 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 somehow, he did not remember how, she had sacrificed herself to a conception of loyalty that was private and unalterable. Such things, he saw, could not happen today. Today there were fear, hatred, and pain, but no dignity of emotion, no deep or complex sorrows. ( G. Orwell 1984)

Friday, October 9, 2020

George Orwell's 1984- Church or State.

 Shortage of razor blades..pre-paring the way for the bearded ones?  On their way now..

Today there were fear, hatred, and pain, but no dignity of emotion, no deep or complex sorrows.

The thing that now suddenly struck Winston was that his mother's death, nearly thirty years ago, had been tragic and sorrowful in a way ...