1984: 75th Anniversary
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1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmare vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. "1984" is still the great modern classic "negative Utopia" - a startling original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny this novel's power, its hold on the imagination of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions - a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.
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I love that I hate the main character. His thoughts are often gross and he is very selfish. Yet I root for him because he lives in a society that takes away all simple freedoms. It would not be realistic for him to be of perfect moral (which is subjective anyway)
This is my favorite sci fi novel. I am not a writer so my reviews stay short. I try to add just a small thing to consider. So for this I ponder on how flawed and dislikable our protagon...read more
Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...
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