{"title":"Education","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"animal-farm-and-1984-hardcover","title":"Animal Farm and 1984","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features two of George Orwell's best known novels, cornerstones of dystopian fiction -- \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e -- with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e, London is a grim city in a world of pervasive government surveillance, where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. 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Out of their cleverness, the pigs Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball emerge as leaders of the new community in a subtle evolution that proves disastrous. The climax is the brutal betrayal of the faithful horse Boxer, when totalitarian rule is re-established with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. 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