Modern Classics Summarized: 1984

It s the mother of all dystopias Long before YA dystopia rose to power, before the age of Young Attractive Heroes who Rebel Against The State and Also Find Love, there was just Winston Smith a middleaged man in poor health who Rebelled Against The State and Also Found Love. It just ended much less prettily for him. 1984 codified most of the modern dystopia tropes absolute control of the media, blackbagging people who spoke out, and a lot of popular terms like doublethink, big brother, and thoug