Nineteen Eighty-Four
Mar 3, 2010 Politics and Society
1984 may seem like an awfully old chestnut for a review, but I’ve come across a shocking number of people who have never read it, despite having enough of a concept of “Big Brother” to not question the name of the reality TV show/wreck, and have a tendency to repeat the phrase “Orwellian Nightmare” whenever the government does something. That being the case, I suppose we all need to persuade more people to read it.
1984’s sheer realism makes it terrifying – whereas in Brave New World we don’t really have the dystopian technology described, there’s really not much in 1984 that couldn’t theoretically be carried out right now, and the use of language to control society has interesting implications.
Get your tinfoil hat on, break out the Victory Gin and pick a hidden corner of your room to read this in, and learn to love Big Brother.
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