CRITICS Flashcards
PILMOTT on truth
“Orwell reminds us how shaky our hold on objective truth is”
MICHÉA on rebellion
“Whenever a rebellion’s deep psychological roots are located in envy, hatred, and resentment, no authentic rebellion can arise from this poisoned spring”
KENNEDY on sex
“anyone who willingly allows political motives to drive his sexuality is doing the party’s work for it”
KENNEDY on Winston’s selfishness
“he was incapable of making a protective gesture for Julia (…) so we can regard Winston’s dreams of rebellion as nothing more than a greedy child’s attempts to get more chocolate”
FORSTER on leaders & personality cults
“Big Brother lurks behind Churchill and any leader whom propaganda utilises or invents”
BOSSCHE on 1984’s purpose
“a simple warning to mankind”
KATEB on power
“power, in short, is sadism”
READ on Orwell
“always moved by sympathy, by human love”
HOWE on Winston and Julia’s love
“they are slowly learning (…) what it means to be human”
STRACHEY on Julia
“by no means a romantic revolutionary, nor yet an intellectual - she just wants some hearty sex’
HOWE on sexual privation
“the totalitarian state is inherently an enemy of erotic freedom”
KIKA in children
they are used to “break up the family unit”
