tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post5507968051267791132..comments2023-09-14T01:03:30.922+01:00Comments on The Thirsty Gargoyle: Chesterton and Orwell: Reflections on 1984The Thirsty Gargoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-52642555896500596772013-02-06T01:33:28.705+00:002013-02-06T01:33:28.705+00:00There is at least one pretty obvious Chesterton re...There is at least one pretty obvious Chesterton reference in 1984 - the character called Syme who praises Newspeak, and whom Winston Smith realises is doomed because the Party only wants unthinking obedience. Syme is of course the name of the hero of THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY, and I suspect NEwspeak "War is Peace" Freeom is Slavery" etc reflects a jaundiced view of Chestertonian hibernicusnoreply@blogger.com