Posted by Act on April 05, 2002 at 05:29:07:
In Reply to: Why was G.Orwells 1984 originally called The Last Man in Europe and why did it change? posted by Polly on March 28, 2002 at 14:06:51:
1984 is a cryptography...
Look at this from the text of 1984:
"Do you believe in [God, Win]ston?'
'No.'
'Then what is it, this principle that will defeat us?'
'I don't know. The spirit of Man.'
'And do you consider yourself a man?.'
'Yes.'
'If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man."
"'You are the last man,' said O'Brien. 'You are the guardian of the human spirit. You shall see yourself as you are. Take off your clothes."
"The creature's face seemed to be protruded, because of its bent carriage."
Mary Wollstonecraft-Shelley who wrote the 'Last man" was the daughter of WILLIAM GODWIN.
She wrote and the "Frankenstein" in which uses the word 'Creature' to describe the humanoid that Dr. Frankenstein made...
Orwell changed the title because of the 'thoughtpolice'...