Hey everyone. We at the bookpile love stories about dictators, Vader, Voldemort, Mr. Potato Head,

because he's a tater and he's rude. Today's book is 1984 by George Orwell. I'm Kellett

a skid of a comic, a father, and after reading this, I'm not sure how I feel about also being a

big brother.

And I'm David Vance. At parties, I like to bring up depressing facts to show how knowledgeable and with it I am, so I was thrilled to find out there's a whole book of that.

George Orwell wrote 1984 to show what life is like under totalitarian rulers like Hitler and

Stalin. And so Americans can say, this is just like 1984 when we have to close our tray tables because the plane is landing.

And this is the bookpile. So a quick reminder to please rate and review the bookpile. We're doing a special 1984 deal where you can leave a review now, or we can take you to the Ministry of Love and help you leave a review.

I've got a review from Ginger Snail. Oh, no, Jay Lingersall. I have no idea. Greatest book podcast ever.

Could have been the greatest podcast, but the name of other podcasts already exists.

And all seriousness, this podcast makes my heart of brain happy. I feel like we don't have to

mention the other one, because we don't need people knowing that we're second best.

You leaving it unread is the surest way to get everyone to go and read that review. And while

they're there, maybe they'll leave a review. So our next two episodes are Leonardo da Vinci and

why we sleep, because we think both painting and sleeping should be done nude. All right, without

further ado, here are our five favorite lessons from 1984. Lesson one, if you tell the truth, your story will

keep resonating. So the first time I read 1984 in high school, I was like, wow, Orwell had this

amazing imagination. I can't believe he made all this stuff up. And then recently I read this book

Churchill and Orwell, and I was like, oh, he didn't imagine anything.

He just lived all of this, which makes me think that we should investigate the author of Lolita.

So by the time he wrote it, he was in this incredibly cold, bitter island.

He was in terrible health.

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