Orwell’s “1984” ends with an appendix on the history of “Newspeak,” Oceania’s official language, which, while it had not yet superseded “Oldspeak” or standard English, was rapidly ...

The answer, Orwell wrote, was, “If Hitler survives, they happened, and if he falls, they didn’t happen.So with innumerable other events of the past ten or twenty years. … In no case do you get one ...

Orwell’s “1984” ends with an appendix on the history of “Newspeak,” Oceania’s official language, which, while it had not yet superseded “Oldspeak” or standard English, was rapidly ...

‘Who controls the present controls the past’: What Orwell’s ‘1984’ explains about the twisting of history to control the public. By Laura Beers, American University June 9, 2025 ... The novel is set ...