Thought It Was The Right Moment...

[Ovidio]

Hi all,


I just received this wonderful, frightening book.
I read it as a teenager at school. We had a wonderful English teacher, Mr. Conway. A crazy, genial Irish guy.
I think he has been one of the most important characters in my life, because he taught me to look at life with a very ironic eye, but to never back-up from your beliefs, no matter what happens.
This crappy Coronavirus has made me think a lot and so I thought that it was time to read 1984 again.
And I'll have my son read it too, because I want him to get that creepy feeling that comes when you see how controlled they are in the book. And I also want him to understand what is going on with or "democracy" during this crises.
While at my time (mid-80ies) we would have never thought of being constantly monitored, now it is real. And we are bombarded by propaganda all the time, on all media.
Sometimes I talk (or my wife or friends of ours) about something and when we surf the Internet again with our phone, we find commercials of what we were talking about.
That book was pure prophecy, and I want to read it now, while feeling so...enraged.
Having it again, also my daughters will read it when they'll have the age.

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