Sixth on the List: 1984 By George Orwell

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So recently I finished reading 1984 by George Orwell and I thought it was an awesome book, especially seeing as though it was written in 1949. It's a really interesting read because it's one of the earlier dystopian fantasies and is a lot more poignant than today's dystopias because the phenomenon he writes about in his book is worldwide rather than just based in England (like the Slated series which I wrote about here) or in America like the Hunger Games for example. It's worldwide and that means that all of the destruction and the hypocrisy and hatred is widespread.

Just a few details about the book before I continue:

• The main character, Winston Smith, works for the Ministry of Truth, constantly changing the past so that it fits the reality of the present. This in itself means that history is constantly being changed.
• In most rooms, especially in the rooms of those who work for The Party, there is a telescreen. These are present in homes as well as at work places and they are constantly producing noise, whether that be bulletins of news or music or things that make no sense what so ever. They are also like cameras in the way that they can 'see' you and can hear everything you say that is above a whisper.
• This means that you have to completely control your face and your expression because anything that gives you away as someone who is secretly against The Party can lead you to disappear. Because of the fact they can remove facts from everywhere, they literally erase you from history and this means that anyone who knew you won't ever have known what happened to you. This happens to Winston's parents and he always blamed himself because he was a selfish child.
• The head of The Party is known as Big Brother and this is where the expression 'Big Brother is Watching You' was coined.

All of this makes the book really interesting to read because it really makes you explore the inner facets of who you are and why you believe what you believe and it makes the book really intriguing because it means that Winston is constantly analysing his rebelliousness inside him and is always analysing the society around himself and what it means to be part of it and how it works. The book in its entirety is really interesting for us in modern day because we can still see similar trends in the world today and it really sets out ideologies in black and white without any sugar coating.

So, all in all, if you're a fan of dystopias I would definitely recommend the book because it's really interesting and gripping and really challenges the motives of people around you and how the people who make the world run do what they do! Also, they have a different ideology on torture which I found really interesting and an awesome twist to the story but I won't spoil it for you! You'll have to find it our yourself :)

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