Background Information on Guy Fawkes

http://www.bonfirenight.net/gunpowder.php

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/p/2015/09/28/guy-fawkes-historical-vs-misappropriated

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/guy_fawkes

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11209784/9-things-you-never-knew-about-Guy-Fawkes.html

Comparisons to 1984:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-22784393

1984

Here is a link with outside sources connected to 1984:

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Orwell.htm

NY Times article from 1984:

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/01/nyregion/the-message-for-today-in-orwell-s-1984.html

Some more literary criticism:

http://theliteraryindex.com/george-orwell-literary-criticism.html

Letter written by Orwell:

http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/george-orwell-explains-in-a-revealing-1944-letter-why-hed-write-1984.html

http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/what-orwellian-really-means-an-animated-lesson-about-the-use-abuse-of-the-term.html

Missed a First Class--Our first class will be Thursday 9/17

Missed a First Class--Our first class will be Thursday 9/17

Hello Class: 

As you know by now I was not in class today (Tuesday 9/8). My wife gave birth to our first child recently and I am home with them. Just follow the syllabus for these next few classes and I'll be back Thursday 9/17 when we will catch up and be back on track for the rest of the semester. 

So take this next week or so to get the required texts and be ready to go next Thursday. 

Prof. O'Connell