I haven’t read 1984 yet but I will get it at some stage, it’s certainly getting a lot of references across the board.
Thanks for another great bit of writing.
I wonder just going by what you wrote, maybe he’s saying “I love you big brother” in a way he’s realised he’s got something to live for or go against in a worthy adversary. Something to put his energy into like working out the chess problems he’s going to work out how big brother works.
Many thanks for this. I recommend you read it Craig, it is a classic and has provided a lot of food for thought over the past two and a half years as you indicate. The endgame described at the book's conclusion is something I've thought about for a while (in conjunction with an avid chess player!) and given the pessimism some feel about the ending of Nineteen Eighty-Four, it suggests, or at least hints, that if all is not what it seems here, it might not be all it seems elsewhere. Even the most powerful of regimes never has all the power. Orwell has provided us with a rich terminology that has enabled us to make some sense of things, and for that I am grateful.
I haven’t read 1984 yet but I will get it at some stage, it’s certainly getting a lot of references across the board.
Thanks for another great bit of writing.
I wonder just going by what you wrote, maybe he’s saying “I love you big brother” in a way he’s realised he’s got something to live for or go against in a worthy adversary. Something to put his energy into like working out the chess problems he’s going to work out how big brother works.
I could be way off cause I haven’t read it.
I will put some thought into it when I do.
Cheers Craig.
Many thanks for this. I recommend you read it Craig, it is a classic and has provided a lot of food for thought over the past two and a half years as you indicate. The endgame described at the book's conclusion is something I've thought about for a while (in conjunction with an avid chess player!) and given the pessimism some feel about the ending of Nineteen Eighty-Four, it suggests, or at least hints, that if all is not what it seems here, it might not be all it seems elsewhere. Even the most powerful of regimes never has all the power. Orwell has provided us with a rich terminology that has enabled us to make some sense of things, and for that I am grateful.