All About "1984"
Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984),[1] by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), is a 1949 English novel about life in a fictional, future authoritarian regime as lived by Winston Smith, an intellectual worker at the Ministry of Truth. Winston is degraded and psychologically tortured after he is arrested by the Thought Police under the instruction of the totalitarian government of Oceania, in the year 1984.
The book has major significance for its vision of an all-observing government which uses constant surveillance and propaganda, both insidious and blatant, to control its citizens. The book had a substantial impact both in literature and on the perception of public surveillance, inspiring such terms as 'Big Brother' and 'Orwellian'.
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Fetching blurbs now... please stand byLove it! Great read.
Sandy says:
Yes, big brother is watching. Sad to say.
Posted August 20, 2008
Oosquid says:
I find this novel terrifying because reading it you realize that 1984 is not 24 years past . . . but just around the corner.
Posted August 06, 2008
Sorry, not my cup of tea.
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