Marta Sosa

Sep 7, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Centro Universitario Internazionale |Eduardo Demetrio Crespo |Grant David Bollmer |Marta Sosa

Introduction In his famous dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, published in 1949, George Orwell depicts a totalitarian society where citizens are under constant surveillance by the authorities (Orwell, 1989). The two protagonists, Winston and Julia, secretly conspire against the state personified by Big Brother. At some point, Julia tells Winston: “They can make you say anything—anything—but they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you” (p. 174).