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It and Fahrenheit 451 are, ironically, among some of the most banned books in the US.
It was banned in both the Soviet Union and the US.
In the Soviet Union it was banned for being anti-communist.
In the US it was banned for being communist.
Orwell was trolling before it even existed lmao
Nah he was just anti-authoritarian and both the US and USSR governments saw themselves reflected in the text
lmao, yeah thats why i love his books.
its crazy to me how people will read it and not realize the main point was anti authoritarianism/totalitarianism, and think it was about socialism despite orwell himself being a democratic socialist. Most be up in the list of most misinterpreted writers
Footloose amusingly enough as well.
Is it because the title track has the line "kick off your Sunday shoes?"
Presumably because it's about a real thing that made them scared in the 1800s and they're scared they'll be scared of being scared.