Posted by Claus B. Storgaard on January 24, 2003 at 01:23:31:
In Reply to: 1984 posted by Lauren on January 23, 2003 at 18:11:10:
The book is from the late 1940s but Orwell was influenced by events dating back to at least 1936 and the Spanish Civil War. What happened in the world in that period should be common knowledge, even in this modern day and age - if not, check your history books.