![]() And I bet O’Brien had himself that familiar thrill when he opened its pages for the first time. Of course, Winston’s diary is discovered by The Party and used to incriminate/torture him and his lover Julia. My entries moved rather swiftly from politics and freethinking to crushes, but I’m only human. I was ridiculous (see also: still am), but I was from that moment a diary keeper for life. ![]() I went out and bought myself a blank journal just as quick as I could and my first several entries have the flavor of someone who is tasting freedom for the first time, just like Winston. He commits a thought crime by hiding in the corner of his room and writing down what he really thinks, feels, wishes, loves, hates, and I needed to know that feeling. I’ll never forget the image of it-its pages the color of light cream, and completely empty. In his small but huge act of rebellion, Winston Smith buys a journal from a second hand proletariat market. I was fifteen, and taking my first stab at 1984. Orwell is actually the reason I began keeping a diary. By signing up you agree to our terms of useīut are diaries meant to never be read? Are they? If you have ever been a young person (or a diary keeping late bloomer), you probably have felt the delicious Orwellian doublethink that comes with writing in a journal: it’s a secret Doomsday Book of all the mundane acts and wild dreams that marble your life, for your eyes only, but we keep them for someone, often our future selves but sometimes for another ideal reader: a stranger who will maybe understand what we mean. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.
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