“Atomic Bomb”-“You and the Atomic Bomb”
Orwell writes, “Had the atomic bomb turned out to be something as cheap and easily manufactured as a bicycle or an alarm clock, it might well have plunged us back into barbarism, but it might, on the other hand, have meant the end of national sovereignty and of the highly-centralised police state. If, as seems to be the case, it is a rare and costly object as difficult to produce as a battleship, it is likelier to put an end to large-scale wars at the cost of prolonging indefinitely a ‘peace that is no peace’.” The course of producing the ‘atomic bomb’ is sophisticated; accordingly, the a large scale destruction which would have ensued due to the bombs have been averted. Obviously, the ‘ atomic bomb’ is a brutal weapon with the potential of devastating humanity.
Saint-“Reflections On Gandhi”
Orwell writes, “Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent, but the tests that have to be applied to them are not, of course, the same in all cases. In Gandhi’s case the questions one feels inclined to ask are: to what extent was Gandhi moved by vanity — by the consciousness of himself as a humble, naked old man, sitting on a praying-mat and shaking empires by sheer spiritual power — and to what extent did he compromise his own principles by entering politics, which of their nature are inseparable from coercion and fraud?” Saints are regarded as spiritual individuals who ought to uphold great integrity. Gandhi is considered to be a saint due to the courses which he engaged in in the quest to foster peace and equality among all humans. His spiritual appeal contributes to his global appeal. Moreover, the saints are projected to transcend the limitations which are inherent in the conventional humans.
