1984

Oh, I didn't see that! Thank you.
I was wondering how my post ended up back here. =P

Dry writing? I thought it was just depressing.

 

I read it for summer reading and thought it was amazing. The whole thing was rather chilling, especially with the ending that, in my opinion, was rather ambiguous.

 

Yes! Especially the ending. *shudder* =S
It had a great impact on me. I had no idea that it was coming.

 

Tied for my favourite book, I read it of my own volition. I also loved Animal Farm to death.

 

Originally, I wasn't much of a fan of this novel. I had read it in the eighth grade, and as such, I didn't really quite understand what Orwell was trying to convey. However, now I do appreciate the book; it presented a viewpoint of how truly bleak the events in World War Two seemed to be. With all of these different countries fighting a war on such a tremendous scale, it left worries about the future of this "post apocalyptic" state of the world.

I believe Orwell masterfully captured this disaster scenario, and that 1984 serves as a reminder of what humanity can do in order to maintain this power in the global scheme of things.

 

I saw it as a warning. He captured the future, a potential society, and not the past.

 

Ah, Nineteen Eighty-Four, a very depressing novel but, as stated previously, it certainly permits one to think and consider possibilities.

Quite personally, the depicted Oceania appeared to be but a combination - it was most certainly reflective of Britain in World War II - especially alluded to with the factor of the random missiles striking the Prole sections of the city (see: The Blitz) - whilst it is this drawing upon such a scenario that he is able to convey such a future and potentially dismal society based around the repressive factors and negative qualities of humanity. The novel is both a sort of invocation of horrendous wartime conditions and the human-based connotations associated with them, outlined in the novel as how the government is but achieved as such, run by, and controls the population through these.

And indeed, it would certainly make some sort of sense for the novel's scenario to be based upon the factor of the government and war in World War II - fascism of the sort was quite pervasive, even in England (see: Oswald Mosley), and the novel painted a rather bleak image of a regime that was essentially a hyperfascist state. These ideas were prevalent throughout Europe in the 1920s and 1930s as a result of seething nationalism and anger left over from World War I, and they provide an image - or warning, perhaps, as noted - of such qualities achieving prominence at the expense of human thought and progress in general. It was certainly a warning - one against these scenarios, for indeed, it was written at a time when they were quite prevalent (and totalitarianism in itself was rising), and one for pursuing as such beneath the factor of extensive negative human qualities.

Fans of Nineteen Eighty-Four, I certainly implore you to read Yegveny Zamyatin's We, as it was essentially the inspiration of both this and Brave New World, and provides an interesting insight into strict rationalism and human conditions in context with such a society, along with a multitude of Biblical references.

 

first of all i kinda knew it was boring/spirit killing and some of my older friends told me it is perverted

i live in brazil, history here revolves around this crap!


uhg!

im probably gonna Have to read this for school work D:

 

I wouldn't call it spirit killing. xD

1984 is more or less Orwell's opinion of both what the society was becoming at the time, and as Makaze said, a foretelling of a potential future for the world. The entire globe was at war, with a seemingly unstoppable dictator (Hitler) on the loose. What is the Allies had lost? What if the Allies motioned for a complete and udder domination over the fallen countries? These are questions that we will never know the answer to, but Orwell tries to answer through this incredibly dystopian society ruled by someone who

Spoiler

may not even exist in the first place

I suggest that you do try it, and if you do not like it now, to reread when you're older and see if your opinion changes.
Mine did. :B

 

Oh my god, I had to read it as my English 4 Honors summer book. It really is a spirit killer. At one point you actually think that it will turn out okay then all of a sudden EVERYTHING goes wrong and it's just total **** from there. I really was not fond of it and definantly will not read it again :/ It was a good picture of a "distopia" though. So glad that stuff didn't actually happen ">_>

 

I loved this book. The entire idea behind it combined with an ending that can be interpreted as both good or bad makes everything come together perfectly.