Prose Fiction II: Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Parrett's Past the Shallows

What this note covers

1. Start with constructed worlds, not theme labels
2. Orwell: private thought under public pressure
3. Orwell: connection, coercion and uncomfortable judgement
4. Parrett: young perspectives and uneven knowledge
5. Parrett: the sea, lyricism and contradiction
6. Develop a paragraph about vulnerability

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