He carries the same philosophy of Nationalism (the one against it, actually) which he wrote about in 1984. Although he wasn’t the first romantic to want to do something like that, preceded by Voltaire and Rousseau, his Notes on Nationalism, is a thought-provoking piece of writing. He wanted to make political writing an art. After 1984, Orwell focused on writing political essays. That’s one of th e traits of a timeless article. You may have come across this essay by George Orwell in your school but this essay hits you differently at different times whenever you read it. George Orwell ’s work, the novel 1984, was a brilliant piece of literature that in a true sense started the fire against blind nationalism. This is not the first time somebody has raised a question about the nature of our reality, especially the one that is so focused on the political aspect. The Israeli historian, Yuval Noah Harari, states in his book, ‘ 21 Lessons for the 21 st Century ’ that we, the 21st-century citizens have an important question to ask ourselves, ‘Are we being too blind or deluded to see the truth of the reality?’, while talking about the concept of Post-Truth.
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