Life. Leben. Vie.: George Orwell's 1984

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Velshi Banned Book Club: George Orwell’s '1984' with Author Veronica Roth

Sep 20, 2025 | The influence of George Orwell’s “1984” continues to be relevant in today’s scary world. Any discussion of authoritarianism, surveillance, and the manipulation of truth invokes the dystopian landscape in Orwell’s novel. Reading “1984” is one of the first and most formative moments when American students are asked to consider government overreach and the fragility and malleability of their own minds. Veronica Roth, the author of another hugely influential dystopian series, “Divergent,” joins the Velshi Banned Book Club to discuss.

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