The 1984 of Orwell’s imagination resembled the Soviet Union of his lifetime in many ways. ... a Winston Smith in 2024 amends birth certificates and encyclopedias to say Jenner was always a woman.

Shake & Stir's excellent production of 1984, George Orwell’s powerful warning of what happens when we lose our souls to the ...

The novel’s protagonist, Winston Smith, ... In “1984” the Thought Police came after Winston Smith. Today, the Trumpian version might do the same. I plan to travel overseas soon.

Winston Smith, we may remember, has fantasies of sexually assaulting and murdering Julia, and the female characters in “1984” are thin in comparison with Winston’s complex interiority and ...

This is in its treatment of women, and particularly the character Julia, the lover of the protagonist Winston Smith. Like many female characters in 20 th -century novels, Julia feels like a ...