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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>In a short summary this is what the book is about. In a bleak future, a totalitarian government known as The Party calls all the shots, with Big Brother watching everyone’s every move. They control history, language, and even what people think Winston Smith, who secretly can’t stand the regime, starts a risky love affair with Julia. He’s really hoping to find some freedom and truth in a world where everything is dictated.<\/p>\n

even while he was speaking to O’biern when the he had the sensation stepping into the dampness of a grave, and it was not much better because he had always known that the grave was waiting for him (p. 166)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This quotation really makes me think about what it’s like to face the end.\u200b It makes me wonder if, as you get closer to dying, you actually feel something like a real sense of death drawing near. It’s not just about the physical part; it’s about whether there’s a moment, a gut feeling, or even a quiet understanding that your time is almost up. Some type of feeling that is an unspoken realization that settles in as you approach your final chapter. Like a profound moment of knowing, a final nod to life before it fades, connecting with something deeper than just your body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.\u00a0In a short summary this is what the book is about. In a bleak future, a totalitarian government known as The Party calls all the shots, with Big Brother watching everyone’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-independent-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17054,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16985\/revisions\/17054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericmacknight.com\/english10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}