1984

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Summary: Awsome book, tells the truth about the Government.
Review: Any one who loves this book should really be listening to the band "ANTI-FLAG" or "Guttermouth"... I loved this book, and am just about to start reading "the Anarchist Cookbook". all of you 1984 fans should read it too. Bye.

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Summary: A warning to society that will change your way of thinking
Review: As a high school sophomore who just recently read this review, I am pleased to say that this novel got me interested in literature all over again. It is a shocking message to society that will change the reader forever. When reading this book, one must not only appreciate the plot; you should also look deeper into the more frightening, pscychological concepts involved (such as doublethink). It's more than a story, you must read on a higher level and imagine yourself as Winston himself. The theme of hoplessness is quite appropriate, I'd say, since a society without emotion or means of revolution is indeed hopeless. I would recomend this to anyone. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!!!

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Summary: A book that made me physically ill
Review: I will never read this book again. It broke me to pieces. I was bed-bound for days. It changed the way I thought about government and, in fact, just about everything. A terror of giving the slightest degree of control to anyone, because they could take more. Read it if you dare.

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Summary: The classic privacy horror story
Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four remains the popular watchword for invasion of privacy fifty years after its publication. The novel can be read as a warning against the malign personalization that could be possible with a systematic technological attack on privacy. `The worst thing in the world,' says the hero's torturer, `varies from individual to individual.' The evil state in 1984 sought to control mindspace and to dictate identity to its subjects. ``The command of the old despotisms was ``thou shalt not''. The command of the totalitarianisms was ``Thou shalt''. Our command is: ``*Thou art*.''

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Summary: To kill Big Brother...
Review: Make no mistake about it, this novel is possibly the most terrifying thing ever written,c ertainly one of the few that shocked me. But the Party is not a masterpiece society. For example, if the mythological, immortal Emmanuel Goldstein(get it?) , the face to be forever stamped on, is said to be a traitor, once a member of the Party. What problem should BB have with thoguht criminals walking to the stake proclaiming their heresy? Also, within years of the story, all Inner Party members would be dead. But the Party would still continue, the old world abolished? No, as was seen with Julia, even those raised from birth by the party still occasioanlly break free from the rule. Also, there is hope int he proles. A thought-criminal might have no more to dot han get some possessions of the Inner Party to the hands of the proles, enough to make them realize they are oppressed. This novel is, however, horribly accurate in its prediction of dehumanization by technological advancement. I suppose however, I see hope int his dystopia, because perhaps, unlike Winston, I do believe in God. Down With Big Brother!

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Summary: A mind altering book.
Review: This has to one of the best books i have ever read. It shows us what the world would be like if governments obtained complete power over the populace. It makes one think, and if you are not ready for how it makes you think then you may find it long and boring. Give it a chance though, you'll be rewarded.

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Summary: 1984, the Ultimate Prophecy of Humankind?...
Review: A superb book, that would be a blessing to anyones shelves! A truly divine description of humanity's true nature, and a very disturbing story to boot. One could be fooled into believing the book a metaphor for Stalinist Russia, however this book will draw you time and time again, until you draw your own deep meaning from its passages

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Summary: Good Book but hard to understand
Review: I am a 7th grader and I had to read this book for GT(Gifted and Talented program) and I thought it was really quite interesting, but a little hard to understand. I still don't understand the Ignorance is strength, War is Peace, etc. They are just oxymorons to me. Overall it taught me something about the power of society and that we should never let it get out of hand. I know how to speak Newspeak too.

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Summary: Big Brother is Watching Yo' Ass
Review: WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. I am unable to adequately describe to you here how utterly amazing (also horrifying, nightmarish, grim, cold, and bleak) this book is. If you feel that you're capable of transcending to a new level of intellectual awareness and intelligence, then you're ready for this book. People who read this book that aren't ready for this transition will find the experience unfulfilling.

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Summary: Gripping Reading!
Review: This book, which is really a science faction, as opposed to a science fiction book, is most disturbing. Orwell's main theme in this book is that the aim of any dictatorship is to bore it's citizens to death and thereby suppress thought.Any form of excitement is thwarted by the Junior Anti-Sex League,24 hour interactive television and repetitive labour.Orwell seems to be saying that without imagination, there can be no freedom.Still,despite the lack of a clear plot, this is the best dystopian book I have ever read.