Why ‘1984’ is still relevant today — but not for the reason you may expect

While times have changed, the things that worried George Orwell haven’t changed at all.

A detail of the book jacket for"The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's '1984,'"by Dorian Lynskey.

Good ol’ Big Brother. He got a lot of bad press over the decades — but that was before we found out he was already one of us. A photograph of a George Orwell statue featured in the book"The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's '1984.'" In many ways, Orwell’s genius was best exemplified by his essays and journalism — and the success of his most famous novels has often obscured the impact of the things he said. For example, he wasn’t — as students are often mis-taught — concerned simply with the oppressive forces of Stalin or “socialism,” but rather with almost every “ism” that manipulated truth through the misuse of language and political propaganda.

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