1984

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Summary: slow at first, keep reading and it gets better
Review: 1984 was by far one of the wierdest books i've ever read, but being a younger reader and this book being one of the first real science fiction novels itwas pretty good. I had to read this book as part of my summer reading list, and i had to read to page 50 and start over because i was confused. When i started to get into it it was a pretty good book. i usally rate books on if i am hooked on the first 5 pages, i still wasn't hooked on this one until way passed the 5th chapter. This was my first book by George Orwell, i am going to try some more of his work and then have a better picture of the writing he does.

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Summary: Ending
Review: I was entertained throughout the book wiht orwell's vision of the future. Though I was unable to accept the ending. I was not convinced that Winston truly loved Big Brother. I felt that there was too muchh time skipped over and not enough leading up to his revelation.

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Summary: excellent, well written and ver realistic
Review: i thought it described well the possibilties of the power of the govbernment if we the people do notstnad up against the oppression the are providing.

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Summary: much like David Bowie's diamond dogs record
Review: 1984 is, in fact, where David Bowie got his idea for his album diamond dogs. both the novel and the record are extremely interesting. his song "1984" got me to read orwell's classic novel. i'm glad i read it! definitely five stars!

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Summary: How did he know?
Review: It's eerie how much of Orwell's paranoia is actually infiltrating our country on a micro level today. This book, although a work of fiction, didn't seem that far fetched, given the current state of affairs. 1984 is a well written book that I barely managed to put down after I began reading it. I highly recommend it!

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Summary: A Great book to sustain through the ages
Review: 1984 by George Orwell is definetly a great book that I really liked. It starts out kinda boring, going more than at least 10-20 pages without any dialogue. However, the story soon started to pick up, detailing Winston Smith's challenges in his world. In this world, which to call "unique" would be an understatement, the characters are faced with restrictions that we fortunately never have to deal with. Even though I think the book would've been more exciting to read in the years before 1984, as there was more excitement and horror to imagine the prospect of the book's story coming true, this book still reminds us of what could be.

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Summary: A Frighteningly Real Masterpiece
Review: This book was excellant and scary as hell when your reading it and realize that a lot of things that are in it are happening in our country today. Most people, myself included, who hear about this classic don't realize that there's a tragic love story wrapped inside of the haunting world of Orwell's 1984 that helps drive home the authors anti-utopian message. Also, the realism of the book seems almost three-dimensional casting a crystal clear picture of the nightmarish world of 1984 where Big Brother is always watching you- not just what you say or do but, what your thinking. Scarier than anything Stephen King ever wrote- and more realistic.

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Summary: Fantastic book!!!
Review: Every happy little socialist should read this book! Orwell takes socialism of his day to the extreme, but today his veiw is not too far away. What's the differance between Hillary Clinton and Big Brother? The mustache.---This book is an amazing picture of mankind and a warning to all the people who want to steal the freedom from the individual(socialist).

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Summary: A denunciation of all isms other than democracy
Review: 1984 is not merely a warning against the possible less-than-ideal communist world. It is rather a combination of denigrations against most of the common held social, political, and religious beliefs. Socialism, fascism, communism, Christianity, Zenism, and many other beliefs beyond the tether of my knowledge. All these harsh criticisms are made clear in the chapter about THE BOOK and part 3 of the whole novel. The denounciation against Christianity, for example, can be clearly seen in the later section of the book, when Winston is being tortured in Miniluv by O'Brien. The purging of the old self through repentance and a renewal of the mind and emotions, which are the ways to get in God's kingdom, are also the cores of the lessons given by O'Brien to get Winston to become a part of the Party. O'Brien also mentioned that one can not change by himself, by can with the help of the Party, or in Christianity, Jesus. These clear remarks relating to Christianity, as well as to other beliefs, are implicit throughout the novel. At the end, a conclusion is made, only democracy works. But this is not why I didn't give it a five star, the reason is that descriptions of Oceania are too awkward and peculiar. First above all, proles are still humans, sooner or later they are going to revolve against a totalitarian government. The wave of human development will break all the hinderance and thrush on; it is never possible to stop history at a moment. Also the theories of doublethink would never be practiced, how is it possible for one to be self-contradictory to a degree the he or she can both believe and not believe simultaneously? It is mentally incapable for humans. If it is possible, then doublethink can easily turn against the Party and against itself. These pedantic political ideas are fun to play with, but can never practically practiced.

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Summary: Timeless
Review: When it was written in 1948, Before the Cold War, Communism was a popular idea in England. Orwell, who favored Trotsky over Stalin, faught in the Spanish Civil War and fled for his live because of Stalins rise to power. Orwell considered himself a Socialist, but he warns of socialism to the extreme. This book is a testament to mankind's willingness to forget the past.