Posted by Katherine on March 26, 2002 at 17:29:11:
In Reply to: Re: Y is 1984 NOT political propaganda posted by John D on March 07, 2002 at 12:34:54:
1984 isn't political propaganda because it proposes a question to the reader, not an idea. Orwell doesn't ever tell you what you can do to prevent a society like Oceania from becoming reality, he wants you to figure it out yourself (this I learned from my English teacher). I think the main purpose of this book is to show everyone what your world can be, and maybe even what it already is, except we don't know it.