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by George Orwell
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The events that occur in Oceania are doubleplusungood. George Orwell's 1984, shows a world parallel to our own in which -everything you do, every emotion you experience, every thought you have - is completely under control by the government.
The book starts off pretty slow, but certainly not boring. George Orwell has created an entire world and even a new language called Newspeak. New is derived from English and its main purpose is to prevent people from being able to express any emotions when speaking. The book’s protagonist, Winston, is trying to find out how long the world has been so grim, or if it was always this way. To find what he is looking for Winston must break the law, which is punishable by death, even if you only thought about the crime, called thoughtcrime.
Winston stands out more than any other character in this novel, because of his independence. While most people seem to have given up on life, Winston still clings onto the thought of freedom. “Had life always been like this?” (Orwell 35). It seems to me that if more people were like Winston the government itself could be taken down, and democracy, republic, or whatever else the people want as an alternative to their totalitarian, could rise.
This book does a good job in teaching you the psychology of the human mind and how, if given the chance, we would sell our souls for power. There should always be hope, and someone always has it worse than you think you have it.
- Reviewed by Victor V.
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