Camdyn Greear’s Reviews > 1984 > Status Update

“In the long run, a hierarchical society
was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance.” George is kind of slaying rn I am not gonna lie I didn’t think I would like this book so much

“In the old days, he thought, a man looked at a girl's body and saw that it was desirable, and that was the end of the story. But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act.” 163-164

DESIRE AS A POLITICAL ACT YES