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1984
1984 by George OrwellMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
A classic novel!
Based in a dystopian world, where BigBrother is the head of a PARTY that controls the place where the main protagonist, Winston Smith lives.
Control is a mild world, for the party has removed the conventional languages and added a new language called Newspeak. It goes on forever changing the past, by updating documents, etc. such that one can never be sure what exactly was the past. No one remembers life before BigBrother. Winston remembers a little of his childhood but is never sure if it existed the way he thinks it did.
Winston starts a rebellion along with lover Julia, who doesn’t have high ideals for the rebellion, just pure fun. But when Julia and Winston are apprehended by the thought police for straying against the norms, the novel becomes scary.
Its a masterpiece. The way the author has created a totalitarian society and explained its repercussions is a fabulous reminder of why we one should never take one’s freedom for granted.
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