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** Men aren't really encouraged to enjoy it either. The Party wants sex to be seen as a dirty but necessary act, like vomiting or getting an enema. |
** Men aren't really encouraged to enjoy it either. The Party wants sex to be seen as a dirty but necessary act, like vomiting or getting an enema. |
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** At one point, O'Brien claims the Party plans to abolish the orgasm, making sex a purely reproductive act devoid of pleasure for anyone. |
** At one point, O'Brien claims the Party plans to abolish the orgasm, making sex a purely reproductive act devoid of pleasure for anyone. |
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* [[The Metric System Is Here to Stay]]: Some focus is given to everybody having to use the metric system. [ |
* [[The Metric System Is Here to Stay]]: Some focus is given to everybody having to use the metric system. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313122052/http://netcharles.com/orwell/essays/asiplease1947-03.htm Orwell was against the complete scrapping of Imperial units], though he supported the use of the metric system in scientific work. |
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** The prole's diatribe against the half-litre is meant to highlight the proles' small-mindedness and lack of vision. The prole in the pub is overworked, underfed, and completely without hope of a better life, yet his main complaint about Ingsoc is the difference between the half-litre and the pint. This is reinforced by the fact that there's almost no difference between the two. A half-litre is 0.9 Imperial pints, or 1.05 American pints. |
** The prole's diatribe against the half-litre is meant to highlight the proles' small-mindedness and lack of vision. The prole in the pub is overworked, underfed, and completely without hope of a better life, yet his main complaint about Ingsoc is the difference between the half-litre and the pint. This is reinforced by the fact that there's almost no difference between the two. A half-litre is 0.9 Imperial pints, or 1.05 American pints. |
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* [[Neologism]]: Invented terms like "Big Brother," "Thought Police," and "doublethink" and popularized "[[Unperson]]." Just look at all the tropes this book has named... |
* [[Neologism]]: Invented terms like "Big Brother," "Thought Police," and "doublethink" and popularized "[[Unperson]]." Just look at all the tropes this book has named... |
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