1984, arguments over.

I just had an argument with him about 1984. I think it's implicit that the proles will eventually overthrow the regime in the end (though for good or bad we can't tell). He thinks it's just a dire warning about the future, and that nothing will ever change. He kept saying he's read biographies of Orwell, and that that's what Orwell thinks. History tells us differently- regimes are toppled, and people do win.

We had this debate on the internet whereas usually we'd have it face to face. I got infuriated. I felt like screaming by the end, though it is touchy subject matter because I adore dystopian fiction, and the idea of anyone thinking they know more about it when they're not even an academic irks me. That's arrogant in itself, really. It's one of my favourite books, and I don't mind other people having opinions on it, but I hate it when people consider their opinions are of a higher standard than my own.

This all reads ridiculously. It's just because I like being the best all the time at everything and I can't handle it when I'm not, especially on something I care about so much. I care about him so much too.

I beat him on Ovid. No I didn't, he used not to like it, I said I did, now he's re-read it and acquiesces.

Well, I like being stubborn. It's one of my saving graces. No, it's a fault I like in myself.