Youth Leagues

" A handsome, tough-looking boy of nine had popped up from behind the table and was menacing him with a toy automatic pistol, while his small sister, about two years younger, made the same gesture with a fragment of wood. Both of them were dressed in the blue shorts, gray shirts, and red neckerchiefs which were the uniform of the Spies" (Orwell, 22).

In Nazi Germany, there were clubs for both girls (German Girls League) and boys (Hitler Youth) that made children become loyal members of the Nazi Party. Orwell is drawing another connection between the Nazi Party and the Party described in his novel. This makes the reader think of the Party in the context of the Nazi's and also helps Orwell push that the Party is not good.

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