Comments by "Serai3" (@Serai3) on "Re-reading George Orwell’s ‘1984’ " video.

  1. The reason Orwell titled the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and NOT "1984" was that he was very adamant that people not take the book as a prediction, but as a warning. And he was right. The book got reprinted with "1984" as the title, and when the year came and went, everybody heaved a big sigh of relief and decided the danger was over. Big big big mistake.
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  2. And in the process saw horrors on both sides. It cured him of his political naivete.
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  3.  @oeokosko  Yeah, I know that. It's why he didn't write the title as a date but rather as text. The date didn't matter at all. It could come at any time, anywhere. That was the point.
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  4.  @mynameisworld  LOL. Yeah, right. Go home, little boy.
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  5.  @LeonC0704  Read my comment again. The numbers made people see it as a date rather than a title. That made all the difference in how people viewed the story: as a prediction rather than a warning.
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