1984

George Orwell || Orwell's [|press card] portrait, 1943 || 25 June 1903 [|Motihari], [|Bengal Presidency] , [|British India] || [|University College Hospital], London, England, United Kingdom || // [|Homage to Catalonia] // (1938) // [|Animal Farm] // (1945) // [|Nineteen Eighty-Four] // (1949) [|Various essays] || [|Sonia Brownell] (1949–50, until his death) || Ida Mabel Blair (née Limouzin) (mother) Marjorie Blair Dakin (sister) Avril (sister) (above from Wikipedia) || Original Trailer clip [|Intro. clip You Tube]
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 * ~ Born || Eric Arthur Blair
 * ~ Died || 21 January 1950 (aged 46)
 * ~ Resting place || [|Sutton Courtenay], Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom ||
 * ~ Pen name || George Orwell, John Freeman ||
 * ~ Occupation || Novelist, political writer and journalist ||
 * ~ Language || English ||
 * ~ Nationality || British ||
 * ~ Alma mater || [|Eton College] ||
 * ~ Genre || [|Dystopia], [|roman à clef] , satire ||
 * ~ Subject || [|Anti-fascism] and [|anti-Stalinist left], [|democratic socialism] , [|literary criticism] , news, [|polemic] ||
 * ~ Notable works || // [|The Road to Wigan Pier] // (1937)
 * ~ Years active || 1928–1950 ||
 * ~ Spouse || [|Eileen O'Shaughnessy] (1935–45, her death)
 * ~ Children || Richard Horatio Blair (adopted) ||
 * ~ Relatives || Richard Walmesley Blair (father)

[|Audiobook at YouTube Part One]Audio book

[|Audiobook YouTube Part TWO]

[|Audiobook YouTube Part 3]

https://archive.org/details/George-Orwell-1984-Audio-book
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[|Theme of Totalitarianism] video

[|Theme of Truth] video

[|All About 1984] Links

[|2+2=? Lesson on YouTube] video

[|We're Living 1984 Today] CNN article

[|Gov. Biometric Database] article

[|Links to Orwell's writing]

**[|See Spark video of 1984]**
= = =Link to the movie version--> (Youtube no commercials)=

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhfQexLfW3E
part 1-- 2 min. Hate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvGmOZ5T6_Y

part 2-- they meet in the woods-- clip cuts off before anything explicit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BuU0LMgxl0

part 3-- they meet at Charrington's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmmawolzwCs

part 4 -- snooze --victory is not possible;Winston reads to Julia that war is to keep people occupied, society structured

part 5 -- caught in the room https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0LbjUM5Uo

part 6-- Thoughtcrime creeps up on you says Parsons in Ministry of Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyR51MqOl5I

part 7-- A Small Effort of Will-- O'Brien says, "That was 40." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A0VANPUG-g

part 8-- Winston is Tested 2+2=4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAKtpCo8fPE

part 9-- snooze part 10-- O'Brien pulls Winston's tooth and says, "In the end we'll shoot you." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v79foBIrar4

part 11-- Rats--Winston's greatest fear in rm. 101 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmAVyowgDVE