Calm as the sky and chaotic as the ocean. Flagbearer of the Blue team in ‘The Button’

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  • calmblue75@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.ml1984 does not count as educational
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    15 days ago

    I started reading it a few days back. I am still struggling to read it. This guy Winston, thinks so highly of himself, and so lowly of others. He calls his neighbours stupid, them being transferred to a department requiring “less intelligence”, while not being able to string a proper sentence himself when writing. Also his violent fantasies when he first sees Julia. I don’t know whether I’ll be able to continue the story or not. As just a novel, it is so off-putting. Aren’t lead characters supposed to be relatable?





  • calmblue75@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.ml"cuz, y'know, China bad."
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    19 days ago

    Mostly their critique, as you said, is just plain insulting. Often it is not to an ideology or a system, but a person or people. Like the person above just insulted not the US, not capitalism, not western imperialism, but Trump, a single person. What is even the point?