“ To die hating them, that was freedom. ”
George Orwell, 1984 (1949). copy citation
Author | George Orwell |
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Source | 1984 |
Topic | death freedom hate |
Date | 1949 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021.txt |
Context
“They would have blown his brain to pieces before they couldreclaim it. The heretical thought would be unpunished, unrepented, out of their reach for ever. They would have blown a hole in their own perfection. To die hating them, that was freedom.
He shut his eyes. It was more difficult than accepting an intellectual discipline. It was a question of degrading himself, mutilating himself. He had got to plunge into the filthiest of filth. What was the most horrible, sickening thing of all?” source
He shut his eyes. It was more difficult than accepting an intellectual discipline. It was a question of degrading himself, mutilating himself. He had got to plunge into the filthiest of filth. What was the most horrible, sickening thing of all?” source