"Nineteen Eighty-Four" is an outstanding political allegory novel as well as a fantasy novel written by the British writer George Orwell. The work depicts the living conditions of human beings in a totalitarian society. It is like a warning label that will never fade, warning the world against the expected darkness becoming a reality. After decades, its vitality has become stronger and stronger, and it is known as one of the most far-reaching literary classics of the 20th century. It has been selected as a must-read for middle school students in the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and France. It has been translated into 62 languages and is popular in 110 countries, with global sales of more than 50 million copies.
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A classic political allegory novel written by the British writer and novelist George Orwell, it is also a fantasy novel. Imagining the living conditions of human beings in a totalitarian society is both a warning and a fable. As the book goes, "Big Brother is watching you." "They can get on your line any time they want, no matter what. You can only live like this—just live like this, from habit to instinct—imagining that your every voice will be listened to and your every move will be watched, except in the dark."
It is divided into three parts. The first part is a general description of the world where Winston lives and his views on this world. The second part describes Winston's "resistance" to the world, writing a diary, falling in love, and reading banned books... The third part is about Winston's transformation process after he was arrested. The first two parts give people a sense of absurdity. Living in such a world, it seems as if something is always squeezing around you, making breathing difficult. In the third part, as Winston was defeated, my heart gradually fell into despair. It was the uncontrollable feeling of desolation.
At that time, it was just like...
There is no freedom in the world where Winston lives. People's behavior is monitored, their thoughts are controlled, history can be tampered with, facts can be distorted, personal emotions are not allowed, and basic humanity is wiped out... Just because of a diary and a love, Winston became a sinner, was tortured, and underwent transformation from body to soul! "This is a world full of fear, betrayal and torture, a world of trampling and being trampled, a world that is becoming more and more perfect but increasingly cold." In our world, there are no other emotions except fear, anger, ecstasy, and self-deprecation. The connection between children and parents, people and people, men and women is severed. No one dares to trust his wife, children or friends anymore. The sexual instinct will be completely eradicated, the act of procreation will become an annual ritual, and orgasm will be eliminated. O'Brien's "smug" description of their world is despairing.
I like Winston in the book. He reminds me of those friends around me who dare to question and challenge authority. As the book says, the emergence of Newspeak has made language simple and direct. This also reminds me that in reality, we should cherish those sincere expressions instead of being confused by fancy words. This book is really a warning, I recommend it to everyone!
George Orwell's masterpiece
This book is shocking
Food for thought.
The previous one left me confused, but I still felt depressed. Hope this is not the case in the future. I don't want to live in a world of ignorance, stupidity, and rules, where people are suspicious of each other.
The first time I read this book was during evening self-study in junior high school. At that time, the school did not allow novels to be brought in, and there were no electronic devices to use. The only things that could shine during evening self-study were electric lamps and electronic dictionaries. I read over and over again the novels it was shipped with in the electronic dictionary, including this one. I have a hobby, that is, I like to read and read descriptions and fragments about food over and over again, even those descriptions in 1984 that are not wonderful.
Yes, just like the kind of chocolate it describes in 1984. Even though I know that it will definitely be the most disgusting chocolate I have ever eaten in my life (if I really eat it), I am still willing to read those paragraphs over and over. I think, that chocolate is probably like that I would still be interested in those smokers, those cigarette butts that have been burned repeatedly, burned to ash, and condensed with industrial saccharin and unknown fat, because Orwell's description is "... It should be wrapped in silver paper and smell like a burnt garbage dump." So I think it must be a feeling that is full of bitterness, burning, rough, and scratches the throat no matter how much it is chewed and swallowed. It is a taste that no matter how it is called "chocolate", people who have tasted it, such as me, will find it difficult to agree, just like I, as an outsider in the novel, know that the society in the book is like that piece of chocolate; and the stew in Winston's lunch, that bowl of red to gray, sticky, and indistinguishable stew, I will think about what exactly it is a mixture of. The closest thing I can think of is borscht and my mom's tomato brisket, but I imagine that must be a pot of something far nastier than that. What it would taste like, Orwell did not write specifically. But I think it must be the thick, scale-like smell of artificial sauce filled with indistinguishable ingredients, floating with unknown, meat-like lumps and sour vegetable fragments. Such a pot of things is like the smelly, greasy, hypocritical, indistinguishable and sticky society that wraps everything it can into.
Great ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
This book is full of satire, satirizes the protagonist, and satirizes false justice and kindness.
A classic political allegory novel written by the British writer and novelist George Orwell, it is also a fantasy novel. Imagining the living conditions of human beings in a totalitarian society is both a warning and a fable. As the book goes, "Big Brother is watching you." "They can get on your line any time they want, no matter what. You can only live like this—just live like this, from habit to instinct—imagining that your every voice will be listened to and your every move will be watched, except in the dark."
It is divided into three parts. The first part is a general description of the world where Winston lives and his views on this world. The second part describes Winston's "resistance" to the world, writing a diary, falling in love, and reading banned books... The third part is about Winston's transformation process after he was arrested. The first two parts give people a sense of absurdity. Living in such a world, it seems as if something is always squeezing around you, making breathing difficult. In the third part, as Winston was defeated, my heart gradually fell into despair. It was the uncontrollable feeling of desolation.
At that time, it was just like...
There is no freedom in the world where Winston lives. People's behavior is monitored, their thoughts are controlled, history can be tampered with, facts can be distorted, personal emotions are not allowed, and basic humanity is wiped out... Just because of a diary and a love, Winston became a sinner, was tortured, and underwent transformation from body to soul! "This is a world full of fear, betrayal and torture, a world of trampling and being trampled, a world that is becoming more and more perfect but increasingly cold." In our world, there are no other emotions except fear, anger, ecstasy, and self-deprecation. The connection between children and parents, people and people, men and women is severed. No one dares to trust his wife, children or friends anymore. The sexual instinct will be completely eradicated, the act of procreation will become an annual ritual, and orgasm will be eliminated. O'Brien's "smug" description of their world is despairing.
I like Winston in the book. He reminds me of those friends around me who dare to question and challenge authority. As the book says, the emergence of Newspeak has made language simple and direct. This also reminds me that in reality, we should cherish those sincere expressions instead of being confused by fancy words. This book is really a warning, I recommend it to everyone!
George Orwell's masterpiece
This book is shocking Food for thought.
The previous one left me confused, but I still felt depressed. Hope this is not the case in the future. I don't want to live in a world of ignorance, stupidity, and rules, where people are suspicious of each other.
The first time I read this book was during evening self-study in junior high school. At that time, the school did not allow novels to be brought in, and there were no electronic devices to use. The only things that could shine during evening self-study were electric lamps and electronic dictionaries. I read over and over again the novels it was shipped with in the electronic dictionary, including this one. I have a hobby, that is, I like to read and read descriptions and fragments about food over and over again, even those descriptions in 1984 that are not wonderful. Yes, just like the kind of chocolate it describes in 1984. Even though I know that it will definitely be the most disgusting chocolate I have ever eaten in my life (if I really eat it), I am still willing to read those paragraphs over and over. I think, that chocolate is probably like that I would still be interested in those smokers, those cigarette butts that have been burned repeatedly, burned to ash, and condensed with industrial saccharin and unknown fat, because Orwell's description is "... It should be wrapped in silver paper and smell like a burnt garbage dump." So I think it must be a feeling that is full of bitterness, burning, rough, and scratches the throat no matter how much it is chewed and swallowed. It is a taste that no matter how it is called "chocolate", people who have tasted it, such as me, will find it difficult to agree, just like I, as an outsider in the novel, know that the society in the book is like that piece of chocolate; and the stew in Winston's lunch, that bowl of red to gray, sticky, and indistinguishable stew, I will think about what exactly it is a mixture of. The closest thing I can think of is borscht and my mom's tomato brisket, but I imagine that must be a pot of something far nastier than that. What it would taste like, Orwell did not write specifically. But I think it must be the thick, scale-like smell of artificial sauce filled with indistinguishable ingredients, floating with unknown, meat-like lumps and sour vegetable fragments. Such a pot of things is like the smelly, greasy, hypocritical, indistinguishable and sticky society that wraps everything it can into.
Great ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
This book is full of satire, satirizes the protagonist, and satirizes false justice and kindness.