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April 4, 1984 - Winston Smith Begins Keeping a Diary

Winston Smith, a member of the Outer Party working for the Ministry of Truth, lived in Airstrip One, a province of the superstate Oceania. His job entailed mostly historical revisionism, altering old newspaper articles so that the past always supported the current political party. Writing things by hand was long obsolete, and pens were nearly impossible to find, but when Winston saw an old book with blank, creamy white pages in a junk shop, he knew he had to possess it. Finding the pen to go with it was a more difficult process, but Winston knew this book deserved a real pen, and not just a scratchy ink-pencil.

So, on April 4, 1984 (or, what he believed to be 1984, anyway; one could never pin down an exact year anymore), Winston began writing in his diary. He wasn’t sure who he was writing for; if anyone found his writing, he would be killed for sure and the diary burned. But he wrote anyway.

April 4, 1984

DOWN WITH BIG BROTHERDOWN WITH BIG BROTHERDOWN WITH BIG BROTHERDOWN WITH BIG BROTHERDOWN WITH BIG BROTHER

theyll shoot me I dont care theyll shoot me in the back of the neck I dont care down with big brother they always shoot you in the back of the neck I dont care down with big brother

Thought crime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.

To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free,when men are different from one another and do not live alone- to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone:From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude,from the age of BIG BROTHER, from the age of doublethink- greetings!

(1984, 1949/1984)(source)

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April 6, 853 - Mr. Peabody and Sherman Confront a Dragon

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