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Visual Note · George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four — What the Eye Cannot Show

A visual reading of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four: surveillance is visible, but the control of records, language, and trust is harder to picture.

Visual Note · Alexander Pope

Nature Methodiz’d — Pope’s Tests of Judgment

Pope’s critic needs more than inspiration or rules: judgment depends on attention to the whole work and humility about its effects.

Visual Note · Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird — The Courthouse and the Porch

Scout’s education unfolds between the courthouse and the porch, where racial hierarchy, public judgement, and private recognition collide.