1984 No spoilers!

[Verzia]

I'm reading the book still, I'm at the part where Winston is givin the note that the dark aired girl loves him, its been a great read so far, I am wondering how it will end... (any spoilers will get this thread locked)

[Mad hatters in jeans]

I didn't find that book enjoyable in any sense.

[Tauntoga]

The political ideolgoy(ies) in the book are both interesting and beutifully scary. I can't help but feel a mixed sense of fear and admiration for the Party, although I would not like to see it put into effect; it would be one hell of a word.

I'm just about done with it myself. I won't spoil it for you because it might spoil your read. But it is very good.


After this I'll be moving onto Animal Farm and back into Stephen King.

[The Parkus Empire]

Great read, great ending.

[Arumdaum]

I read it last year, but I don't remember that much of it. However, it is a great inspiration for a dystopia.

[Lazuril]

I didn't find that book enjoyable in any sense.

I kind of agree with you. When you finish the book, you won't feel too good, but overall, this is an interesting and well-written book

[Ramsetia]

It's not meant to be an 'enjoyable read'. It's a book that you're meant to sit down and think about. A warning and a threat.

It's got a certain dark beauty, the land of Ingsoc and newpseak.

[Imperial Domtopia]

My all-time favourite book. The last paragraph of the book is one of the greatest things I have ever read. Beautiful, yet depressing- amazing novel, amazing ending. Orwell was a genius.

[Lackadaisical2]

I didn't find that book enjoyable in any sense.

hm, I guess this is sort of true...

Great read, great ending.

and this too!!

*head asplodes*

[Nostravania]

It is doubleplusgood!

[Saaturia]

It is doubleplusgood!

I see what you did there...

[WWII History Geeks]

Found it...interesting to say in the very least.

[Montanaa]

That the book's message is true at any given time in history, what with all the hypocrisy and lying going on.

[Rusikstan]

i loved the book...until i finished it and then i felt disappointed. Though the book, for the most part, was great. The love note part was great and surprised me a little for I thought she was tooo involved in party dealings to even consider winston but ehh anything can happen in a world with an onmipresent government that watches your every move...yep anything

[Barzan]

I didn't find that book enjoyable in any sense.

I kind of agree with you. When you finish the book, you won't feel too good, but overall, this is an interesting and well-written book

Well the purpose of the book isn't to make you feel good or happy, it's to scare the shit out of you and make you think about the world and how easy it is to fall into a world like the one in which Winston Smith inhabits. It's a warning to lovers of liberty and freedom, a promotion of democratic socialism, and a scathing indictment of Stalinism, Fascism, Nazisim, and any other form of totalitarianism. Happy endings are for Hollywood.

i loved the book...until i finished it and then i felt disappointed. Though the book, for the most part, was great. The love note part was great and surprised me a little for I thought she was tooo involved in party dealings to even consider winston but ehh anything can happen in a world with an onmipresent government that watches your every move...yep anything

Like North Korea? They even have radios in the kitchen that play party propaganda or martial music 24/7 that can never be turned off. Orwell is rolling in his grave.

[Solyhniya]

1984 is beyond shadow of a doubt my absolute favourite book of all time. It has influenced nearly every aspect of my thinking, and barely a day goes by without me dwelling on one of its many dark, psychological yet strangely idealistic themes. Is the Ingsoc society actually a Utopia rather than a Dystopia? Absolute destruction of the self has meant that everyone is equal, and suffering is dished out as equally as wealth. With Doublethink, each member of society could follow the Party line without question or division; it's the ultimate vision of unity.

But then I found myself wondering this: what's the point in a society that "moves forward together"? Is it for the sake of science? Is it for space travel? Is it just to make people easier for governmental forces to mold? I can't answer any of this speculation, but I'd love to hear other people's opinions on these themes raised by 1984.

[Katganistan]

I'm reading the book still, I'm at the part where Winston is givin the note that the dark aired girl loves him, its been a great read so far, I am wondering how it will end... (any spoilers will get this thread locked)

Ok... so you're asking how it ends but want no spoilers?

[Bavin]

I'm reading the book still, I'm at the part where Winston is givin the note that the dark aired girl loves him, its been a great read so far, I am wondering how it will end... (any spoilers will get this thread locked)

Ok... so you're asking how it ends but want no spoilers?

What if I put it in spoiler tags? That's what they are for.

You naughty boy, finish the book yerself.

[Verlorenen]

Ok... so you're asking how it ends but want no spoilers?

I was just going to point that out.

OP: Just. Finish. Reading. The. Book.

[Conservative Alliances]

Great book, great ending.

[Bariloche]

I didn't find that book enjoyable in any sense.

I kind of agree with you. When you finish the book, you won't feel too good, but overall, this is an interesting and well-written book

Well the purpose of the book isn't to make you feel good or happy, it's to scare the shit out of you and make you think about the world and how easy it is to fall into a world like the one in which Winston Smith inhabits. It's a warning to lovers of liberty and freedom, a promotion of democratic socialism, and a scathing indictment of Stalinism, Fascism, Nazisim, and any other form of totalitarianism. Happy endings are for Hollywood.

The sad part is that "democratic" governments are prone to exactly the same kind of politics as Ingsoc. It's all about corruption, not idelogies.

Anyway... the book is amazing. Anyone feeling dissapointed by it should have seen it coming from the get go.

The government is all reaching, all controlling, and absolutely ruthless... and all humans are feeble sooner or later, and our main character is so, which you can read from the start. There's no other way for the book to end.

On a personal note, this was the first story (of any kind) in which I identified with a female character. Being a heterosexual male in a pretty much misoginist society, and only 15 years old when I read it... I was blown away.

[Sibirsky]

Where do you all get this book from? Not a single one of the 24 public libraries in the county have them. I would like to read it.

[Bariloche]

Where do you all get this book from? Not a single one of the 24 public libraries in the county have them. I would like to read it.

Mmmmh... are you sure you searched properly?

The proper english title is "Nineteen Eighty-Four".

[Conservative Alliances]

Where do you all get this book from? Not a single one of the 24 public libraries in the county have them. I would like to read it.

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[Bluth Corporation]

Aliterary trash.