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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Really, I thought "Little Brother" was about our current society and government, not some supposed government of the future. I see it as a reaction to the patriot act.
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Bob -- it definitely is a reaction to the PATRIOT Act, and is set in a contemporary or near future San Francisco. My recommendation to pair the two books in a single unit of study is due to the fact that both deal with an oppressive government.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
If I wished to be a mindless pedant, I would note that the book is called "Nineteen Eighty-Four", not "1984"  . |
You are welcome to be a pedant. The majority of the reprints hitting the market in the past two years show the title on the cover as "1984", regardless of the actual title. I even found this image of the 1985 Signet edition which has the numerals rather than words on the cover:
