1984: 75th Anniversary
In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.
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Read it when at school, and thought it was ok.[return][return]Read it again when I was much much older and oh boy. Understood the use of the government and the media to manipulate the message being given to the populace, the pressure from everyone to conform "for the good" and how acting or believing differently can label you an outcast, and can even lead to fachism, communism or anarchy.[return][return]I think this book is best read at least twice, once with an eye on the "spin doctors" and the message being presented to you by others. The book has resulted in many lines and concepts that have subsequently been introduced into general usage: Big Brother (TVs/Computers constantly present in the home and people being constantly monitored for everything you do and say); Room 101 (being confronted with the very thing you fear as a behaviour modification technique); Doublespeak (saying one thing that means another).