@It Takes Eleven, I've been scrummaging through my book collection the last hour looking for Orwell's,
1984. I read it my frosh year at UA, first semester seminar in New College. I recall some, but not a lot, of the book ... and I really want (need?) to read it again. Mind you, not to confirm or deny any of the narratives we're seeing but just to see how closely they mirror the book.
I've entertained the thought, many times, that some read the book and took it as a blueprint versus a work of fiction.