1984 critics

Beatrix Campbell

Orwell only holds women to the filter of his own desire and distastes

John Newsinger on Orwell

was one of those male socialists who were opposed to every oppression, except that of women

Jem Berkes language

language has the power in politics to mask the truth and mislead the public

Jem Berkes on newspeak

the role of newspeak is to restrict understanding of the real world

Morris

Julia resolutely refuses to be an object. she is the subject

Johnston

Winston is passive and not self aware

Pimlott

sexual happiness is the biggest threat to the system

Ingersoll (jobs)

while Winston’s job is to fictionalise history, Offred’s job is to make babies

O’Dee (2013)

Orwell characterises his women under a misogynist lens

Rissanen

Winston’s rebellion has been instilled in him, through years of conditioning by the party

Ingersoll - relationship

Winston’s betrayal of Julia comes just as a early as their falling in love

Goebells (CONTEXT AS WEL)

a lie told once remains a lie, a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth

Burgess (BB)

Big Brother is an invention

Ricks

The terror of Orwell’s world lies not in being watched, but in not knowing whether you are being watched.

Blakemore (language)

the party’s linguistic ideology is paradoxically anti-linguistic