Tag Archives: George Orwell

Mirror on the Wall, Who Is Evilest?

Lit Hub had a reader poll to determine the evilest literary character. Maybe not surprisingly in the Trump era, Orwell’s dictator won.

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Kafka and America’s Disappeared

America is “disappearing” people, bringing to mind the fate of K in Kafka’s “Trial.”

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Fighting the Erasure of History

Black history month is more essential these days than it has been for a while given Trump’s desire to erase it. Black writers are important in keeping it alive.

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Orwell Foresaw the Dangers of AI

In “Prevention of Literature,” Orwell anticipates AI and how authoritarians will attempt to use it–and to ban or rewrite Literature.

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Trump’s Orwellian Cabinet Picks

1984 understands Trumpism like few other books.

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GOP Veepstakes and Pope’s Dunciad

The current candidates for Trump’s V-P are behaving like Alexander Pope’s dunces.

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The GOP Has Learned to Love Big Brother

Many in the GOP who condemned January 6 when it happened now, like Winston Smith, love Big Brother.

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They Shoot Puppies, Don’t They?

Gov. Kristi Noem boasting of shooting her puppy brings to mind the tragic dog killing by Gabriel Oak in Hardy’s “Far from the Madding Crowd.”

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Moscow’s Terror Attack and Big Brother

Like Big Brother, Putin is attempting to change the facts of the Moscow terrorist attack to justify his political goals.

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