1984 Still Relevant Today

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How could a book about 1984 have ideas still relevant in 2017? This is a question that you can analyze by simply taking quotes from the book and connecting them with current events in 2017. The problem is finding what kind of quotes to use to compare the two time periods. To connect 1984 to 2017 I will be choosing quotes out of the book that reminds me of a movie, a quote that reminds me about something in my life and a quote that reminds me about something going on in the world today. YouTube is a pretty big thing in 2017. On YouTube is a philosopher that has speeches on there. He talks about life and things about life in very deep ways. “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” ― George Orwell, 1984. This