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Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: George Orwell, 1984 - Theme of Love and Relationships
Why did Orwell include a love story in his dystopian novel?
This lesson explores the theme of love and relationships in George Orwell’s ‘1984’. See how Winston’s attitudes towards Julia, relationships and love develop throughout...
This lesson explores the theme of love and relationships in George Orwell’s ‘1984’. See how Winston’s attitudes towards Julia, relationships and love develop throughout...
Next Animation Studio
Microsoft President: Laws are needed against A.I. in surveillance
Microsoft president Brad Smith told the BBC’s Panorama program that the authoritarian hell depicted in George Orwell’s novel, “1984”, could come to pass in 2024 if lawmakers didn’t protect the public against A.I.
Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: George Orwell, 1984 - Context
Watch this video to learn about Orwell’s world and its influence on the novel ‘1984’. Big Brother and the Thought Police might seem totally fictional, but they reflect history. Explore the author’s personal history, from his experiences...
History Hit
George Orwell's 1984 with Dorian Lynskey
Author and journalist Dorian Lynskey answers key questions about one of the seminal novels of the 20th century, George Orwell's 1984, which was published 70 years ago. Having written 'The Ministry of Truth' a book specifically about...
Crash Course
Crash Course Literature # 401: 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1
In which John Green returns for a dystopian new season of Crash Course Literature! He starts with George Orwell's classic look at the totalitarian state that could be in post-war England. Winston Smith is under the eye of Big Brother and...
Crash Course
Crash Course Literature #402: 1984 by George Orwell, Part 2
In this episode, John Green continues discussing George Orwell's 1984. Today he talks about what the novel 1984 has to say about what some have called today's surveillance society. We'll also look at the idea that language can be used as...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four
Professor John Bowen explores truth, fiction, repression, and freedom in George Orwell's iconic 1949 novel, "Nineteen Eighty-Four". The film is shot at Senate House in London, formerly the Ministry of Information, and the building on...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: 1984: Analysis
Watch Shmoop's quirky summary of George Orwell's 1984. [3:38]