Monday, November 10, 2014

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Not long ago I started reading "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell, a novel published in 1949, based in the future, in a fictional country which was formerly known as Great Britain.
The novel is about omnipresent government surveillance, and a state of continuous war without any insight on how it might end.
The main character, Winston Smith, is a good citizen but secretly he dreams of rebellion against the "Big Brother", which is the mysterious leader of the party and the symbol of tyranny.
The society that Winston lives in is very complex; it's composed by four government ministries: Ministry of Peace, Ministry of Plenty, Ministry of Truth and Ministry of Love.
As I read on, I will keep you posted on the book's plot!
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3 comments:

  1. KwaniNovember 11, 2014 at 11:25 AM

    Keep going with this: it's a book everyone should read.

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  2. UnknownNovember 28, 2014 at 9:46 AM

    What do you think of "thought crime"?

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    1. saraghadimiDecember 2, 2014 at 9:55 AM

      I think that it is definitely an interesting concept, and a very creative one too. This book gives a lot of psychological insight on the main characters and humans. Everyone is doomed to commit thought crime at some point.

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