In Billy Joel’s 1977 song, “The Stranger,” Joel sings of the deep, hidden truth within a person. “Well we all have a face, that we hide away forever,” and Darcy is no exception. He hides himself with a guise that portrays himself as prideful and arrogant, when he is really just very shy. Joel writes of a time when he couldn’t recognize his significant other because he has never seen her true self before. This is similar to how Elizabeth Bennet feels when she sees Darcy at Pemberely: she sees that he is generous and kind to his staff. She does not recognize Darcy’s mannerisms, and she realizes that her assumptions of him were false.

Princess Leia, portrayed by Carrie Fisher in the original Star Wars movie trilogy, is one of the leaders of the Rebel Alliance. She is the twin sister of Luke Skywalker, and is the daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker. Leia and Elizabeth are both fiercely independent, confident, and quick-witted. Both turn away the love interest of the story at first; When Han Solo flirts with Leia, she says: “I’d just as soon kiss a wookie,” similar to Elizabeth’s quote that Darcy was the last man on Earth that she would marry.

Released in 1968 in the Zombies’ second album “Odyssey and Oracle,” the song “Beechwood Park” was written by Chris White, the bassist of the group. White remembers the bona fide Beechwood Park from his childhood, specifically driving around the park and “seeing steam rising off the road in the summer after rain.”

The lyrics itself are reminiscing about an inviting past that is long gone, and the music is slightly muddled and hazy, perhaps similar to the memory the singer is trying to uncover. Both in “Beechwood Park” and in 1984, the past is a common and significant motif and it’s memory is muddled. Additionally, the tone of the song is slow and melancholy, like life depicted in Oceania.

It would seem that professional journalists would have almost no issues when it comes to using words correctly, that is, according to the word’s definition. However, in the news article titled “9/11 and the American Orwellian Nightmare,” published Sept. 6, 2019, the author mistakes the word “Orwellian” for “Authoritarian.” Of course, Authoritarianism is a vital aspect to George Orwell’s 1984, but the term “Orwellian” stems from a deceptive and manipulative use of language, such as propaganda. Within the article, the paranoia and invasion of privacy following 9/11 is compared to 1984 and is described as “Orwellian,” and although lack of privacy is very much present in the novel, “Orwellian” is not quite the technical term to describe the similarities.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/9-11-and-the-american-orwellian-nightmare/

9/11 and the American Orwellian Nightmare