I read Orwell’s book. Couldn’t figure who the bad guys were. Was it wirth a bullet in the neck? He dies and there’s no 1984.
Orwell realized early on who the bad guys were, when the communists turned on the group he joined/supported. They killed many and their leaders, and he realized it was all a hoax - the “new boss” was the same as the “old boss”.
He was lucky to survive; enemies in front and behind...
Exactly.
Spain is a country of neighborhoods. If you're from two blocks in the wrong direction, you going to get whacked.
It's like Boston only worse.
And if he doesn’t go to Spain he fails to experience first hand the hypocrisy and tyranny of communist ideology. He lives and there’s no 1984.