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''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' is mentioned twice during the run of the series. It is one of the novels offered as part of [[Timothy O'Neill|Mr. O’Neill]]’s reading assignment in "[[Write Where It Hurts]]." In "[[Psycho Therapy]]," when [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] learns that the purpose of the family's visit to [[Quiet Ivy]] is for a psychiatric evaluation, Daria checks her wrist and says, "Gee, look at the time. Nineteen eighty-four already."
Note that a young Daria is shown clutching a copy of Orwell's ''[
==Fanfiction References==
On a more complicated level, [[Thomas Mikkelsen]]'s "[[A Stacy Orange]]" has a plot revolving around ''Nineteen Eighty-Four.'' In [[Victory Lane]], by [[Brother Grimace]], Daria's mental state after intensive therapy is compared to Winston Smith's at the end of ''Nineteen Eighty-Four,'' when he "loved Big Brother." In [[The Angst Guy]]'s [[Daria 2007: The Girl from Hope]], Daria calls the school-supplied electronics that only used school programming that cannot be altered "goodthink," and [[Jane Lane|Jane]] catches the reference. In "[[Darkness]]," by the same author, an unsubtle comparison is made between the theocratic American government and Orwell's totalitarian state with the appearance of a billboard showing the solemn face of Christ, with the legend, "JESUS IS WATCHING YOU."
==External Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four Wikipedia article on ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'']
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