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How Social Media is Pushing us Toward George Orwell’s 1984

Publisher’s Note: Reading George Orwell’s 1984 during my 10th grade year at Smyrna High School really didn’t interest me — nor did high school in general. George Orwell is one of the most influential writers of modern literature and his classic novel, “1984” and “Animal Farm” were staples of high school reading lists. Orwell’s 1984 turned 73 …

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Changing History—VIEWPOINT

 In George Orwell’s book “1984,” the government changes history by editing newspapers and encyclopedias to exclude people, places and things they no longer approve of. And back just a few years ago one of the major criticisms of the Communist system was its continual rewriting of history. It was not unusual for famous people to …

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