1984 Themes / Context Flashcards
Gotta remember this shit too
1
Q
Technology
A
Technology as the antithesis of humanity
2
Q
Power
A
Man’s strive for power over oneself
The ultimately powerful collective’s control over individual human minds
3
Q
Language
A
The debasement of language and its impedimentary effect on human autonomy of the mind
4
Q
CONTEXT
A
‘1984’ was written in 1949 (post-WW2) where […..]
