Standing with Swift and Orwell
Where authority collapses inward and conscience is sacrificed to appearance.
Standing with Swift and Orwell
As a student of English literature, I learned how a simple short story, or a carefully shaped essay, can do something far more devastating than a manifesto ever could. A single scene, faithfully rendered, can carry the brutal reality of government policy, domination, and corruption while still honoring the complex protocols of literary craft. There is a particular strain of English writing that understands this well. It does not sermonize. It does not instruct. It places us inside a moment and trusts what happens next...
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