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Today, “1984” still serves as a reminder of life under despotic rule and the loss of individual freedom that autocrats enforce. ... They may have been required reading in my high school days ...
The Orwell Archive at University College London contains undated notes about ideas that evolved into Nineteen Eighty-Four.The notebooks have been deemed "unlikely to have been completed later than January 1944", and "there is a strong suspicion that some of the material in them dates back to the early part of the war".
In today's Germany, a book is considered banned if it has been confiscated by a court. The distribution of a confiscated book is prohibited, but private possession and reading is still legal (with the exception of child and youth pornographic material, where possession is already a criminal offense).
In September 2020, the Burbank Unified School District in California removed from required reading To Kill a Mockingbird, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, The Cay, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry from middle school and high school curriculum after parents showed concerns over racism. [66]
"1984" is still considered a fictional piece of literature to many, but a lot of what appeared in the book is now a reality. Like Big Brother: In "1984", there are TV screens and computer monitors ...
1984 — 42 — Final Exit: Derek Humphry: References to assisted suicide 1991 — — 29 Flashcards of My Life: Charise Mericle Harper: Sexual content and unsuitable to age group 2006 — — — Flowers for Algernon: Daniel Keyes: Sexual content 1966 — — 43 For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ernest Hemingway: Pro-Communist views 1940 ...
By framing the U.S. as a victim, 'Red Dawn' obscured U.S. aggression in Latin America and elsewhere.
Compulsory reading, required reading or school reading refers to a work of literature that is a required reading assignment in an educational system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Poland, the list of required reading ( Polish : lektura szkolna ) was established in the early 20th century and has continued till today.