1984

"But he knew the rest of the catalogue. There would be mention of the bishops in their lawn sleeves, the judges in their ermine robes, the pillory, the stocks, the treadmill, the cat-0'-nine-tails, the Lord Mayor's Banquet, and the practice of kissing the Pope's toe. There was also something called the just prime noctis, which would probably not be mentioned in a textbook for children. It was the law by which every capitalist had the right to sleep with any women working in one of his factories." In this passage Orwell is trying to explain to his readers about the capital and the powers they have over everyone. Basically they are very men with top hats who can do basically what ever their hearts desire. They are also cold hearted and don't care about anyone but themselves, as long as they have the power. This passage in the book really stood out to me because it reminded me of today and how those (men) with land and/or power sometimes takes advantages on wom...

"He could not remember what had happened, but he knew in his dream that in some way the lives of his mother and his sister had been sacrificed to his own. It was one of those dreams which, while retaining the characteristic dream scenery, are a continuation of one's intellectual life, and in which one becomes aware of facts and ideas which still seem new and valuable after one is awake. The thing that now suddenly struck Winston was that his mother's death, nearly thirty years ago, had been tragic and sorrily in a way that was no longer possible. Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time whether were still privacy, love, and friendship, and the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know. the reason." In the quote up above I feel as if George Orwell is trying to tell us that we should not take advantage of the people we love and spend more time with them, because we never know when you will separate from them. Orwell talks m...