A love song that I believe correlates well with the events of Pride and Prejudice is Girls like You, written by Adam Levine and other members of Maroon 5. Released May 30, 2018, and being the recipient of multiple awards and billboard spots, one of the themes of Girls like You a singer who thanks the women for putting up with all the issues that have happened in the course of their relationship. This compares to how Darcy pursued his marriage with Elizabeth despite all of the issues they had at the beginning of the novel.

For my 1984 song, I have decided to choose Imagine Dragon’s “Natural” for presentation. “Natural” was an alternate rock/pop song released on July 17, 2018, and according to lead singer, Dan Reynolds, is about overcoming adversities the one might come across in life. As for the relation with 1984, many of the lyrics draw comparisons with the bleakness of the world that Winston lives in, and how he continues to try to make his own way. For example, the lyrics that describe how “every one of them has given up and given in” represents how the government of Oceania has a firm grip on how society operates on a daily basis, and “Just another product of today” represents the lifestyle of Winston in this oppressive state. In addition, Winston’s desire to see the truth is shown in the lines of “Let me see the light within the dark trees’ shadowing” and “A bit of the truth, the truth.” To conclude, Natural is a song that does an effective job at summarizing the oppressive world of Oceania, and Winston’s efforts to find his way in all the oppression.

After reading this article from The Guardian, the following main points become clear:

• The article is criticizing the Trump administration of practicing Orwellian values by threatening to slash federal funding to a joint Duke University- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill that places focus on “Love and Desire in Modern Iran” rather than educating American dominance over the region
• These campuses also criticize Israeli policy, which is also viewed in the article as  further reasoning that the government is responding harshly to the new curriculum
• This incident draws comparisons to the true meaning of “Orwellian” due to how the government is attempting to censor information being spread between two universities

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/23/the-trump-administrations-crackdown-on-campus-criticism-of-israel-is-orwellian