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1984

1984

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Book. A Must read for all.
Review: This is a excellent book. You have to read it. It is a little hard to understand at first, but overall it is great. JUST READ IT!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Reflection of Society
Review: I really liked this book a lot. The main reason for this is that I managed to read it after I had been in the Army for over three years. After reading it I realized that the Army wasn't just an OK place anymore, it was actually bad, very, very bad. After I got out I realized just how much it applied to general society outside as well. I guess what I am trying to say is that everyone should read this book to realize just how important the right to make your own decisions about your own life really are

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: George Orwell's '1984' - a look into the future
Review: '1984' is a very well constructed book and understandably one of the U.K's favourite books. It is a powerful and true to life story of what may still become. Orwell uses a great imagination and the right balance of description to make the characters appear as real as the paper he wrote them on. A book for everyone

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: ooobadallllliiaaaaaa
Review: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

THIS BOOK WAS SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent
Review: This is, without a doubt, one of the best books everwritten. 1984 isn't just a science fiction story, it's also, moreimportantly, a warning. In a time when cameras are being placed on street corners, it's almost ironic to watch as so many of Orwell's predictions have become a reality. It really doesn't matter what year this is; 1984 will always be important.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great prophetic vision
Review: We all know that the year 1984 has come and gone, but Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world is becoming timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of the "negative Utopia"-a startingly original and hounting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny this novel's power, its hold on the imagination of whole generatins,or the power of its admonitions-a power that seems to grow not lessen, with the passage of time. It is the story of a man by the name of Winston Smith he lives in a time when love of a woman is illeagal not just the act but the nature and feelings to one. A time when you are watched by your television and never have a life by yourself. A time when no one is safe from big brother. And a time when no one can rebel.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A brilliant view of the future
Review: Orwell's view of the world in 1984 is amazing, capturing thedeception and reality that exists around us. This foresight from the1950s into the future is great because its accuracy is undeniable. The life of Winston Smith, as well as his interaction with society, can be directly related to the current day.

Winston unknowingly is under the watchful eye of Big Brother, who has telescreens and informants everywhere to note Winston's actions. With today's video cameras and listening devices, this fiction becomes reality. The Thought Police are comparable to communist governments and the media, trying to conform people to their standards and/or ideas. Love is also restricted, like the love Winston has for Julia. A person can no longer carry on a simple relationship without intervention from outside sources.

The novel was truly ahead of its time, and may still hold true for future generations. The primary reason "1984" remains popular is because it can still be applied to the world today. Orwell has written a marvelous story of the past, present, and future, allowing us to all live the life of the oppressed Winston Smith and see reality for ourselves.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Thank our lucky stars government isn't like that...yet.
Review: Orwell creates a frightening picture of how easy it is to manipulate human minds using extreme nationalism, unification from a common enemy, misplaced love, and the love of hating things. Readers ask themselves "WHY? Why do these people let themselves be subjected to such mind control?" Really it's all the people know. Somehow to them it makes perfect sense that the past doesn't exist. Scary. One of the best books I've ever read

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Early Perspective - take warning
Review: 1984-A good example of what government can and may do. Good warnings of what may happen when government is given too much power and how it may completely take over without being noticed. Depressing but gives good insight. READ IT!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Warning, be in a healthy frame of mind before reading this.
Review: This is a book which will haunt you all your life. It's a powerful tale of just how far tyrany can go. The impact of the book derives from the believability of the story and it's characters. I believe this work will survive as one of the great classics of our century. I do however warn any reader to be sure they are prepared to literally "walk through the valley of the shadow of death". Orwell paints a future so totally evil that it takes one some time to recover


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