George Orwell — is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be bestsellers all over the world. Search books and authors. Buy from…. View all retailers. About the author George Orwell George Orwell — is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators.
Also by George Orwell. Related titles. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Brave New World. A Slow Fire Burning. The Shadow. To Kill A Mockingbird. It depends on you. The novel has inspired movies, television shows, plays, a ballet, an opera, a David Bowie album , imitations, parodies, sequels, rebuttals, Lee Harvey Oswald, the Black Panther Party, and the John Birch Society. It has acquired something of the smothering ubiquity of Big Brother himself: is watching you.
With the arrival of the year , the cultural appropriations rose to a deafening level. That January an ad for the Apple Macintosh was watched by 96 million people during the Super Bowl and became a marketing legend. The Mac, represented by a female athlete, hurls a sledgehammer at a giant telescreen and explodes the shouting face of a man—oppressive technology—to the astonishment of a crowd of gray zombies. The argument recurs every decade or so: Orwell got it wrong.
The Soviet Union is history. Technology is liberating. But Orwell never intended his novel to be a prediction, only a warning. A theatrical adaptation was rushed to Broadway. The vocabulary of Newspeak went viral. What does the novel mean for us? Not Room in the Ministry of Love, where Winston is interrogated and tortured until he loses everything he holds dear.
Instead, we pass our days under the nonstop surveillance of a telescreen that we bought at the Apple Store, carry with us everywhere, and tell everything to, without any coercion by the state. The Ministry of Truth is Facebook, Google, and cable news.
We have met Big Brother and he is us. My local bookstore set up a totalitarian-themed table and placed the new books alongside They pointed back to the 20th century—if it happened in Germany, it could happen here—and warned readers how easily democracies collapse. The crucial issue was not that Trump might abolish democracy but that Americans had put him in a position to try.
Unfreedom today is voluntary. It comes from the bottom up. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in non-retail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag. See details for additional description. Was wanting a with a cool cover to use for a book exchange.
I didn't read all of the description which is my fault but the book that came had a different cover that was underwhelming compared to the picture. That was disappointing but again my fault. Otherwise it is a great read, nicely packaged, as described. Verified purchase: Yes Condition: New. Well the book is compelling. It makes you wonder was there some master plan in place years ago. George Orwell almost predicts the future in his book and you learn to realize that freedom is very fragile.
Highly recommend!! Verified purchase: Yes Condition: Pre-owned. I had recently finished reading Atlas Shrugged, and with Ayn Rand's vernacular still lingering in my head, it was a little bit harder to adjust to Orwell's style. It was a very easy book to read, as it has only a few pages, and the words aren't very difficult for any level reader.
I think that the story could have been progressed much more than it was. I never developed a passion for any of the characters, so when things happened in the book, I really didn't feel emotion for the characters involved. Orwell setup such an amazing framework for a truly inspirational and awe-inspiring novel during the first two hundred or so ages, but from then on, the book went downhill, as plot twists didn't have a strong influence on me emotionally, as aforementioned.
One thing I did like about was the ending. It differs greatly from that of many contemporary works, as it tends to be slightly expected, yet largely unexpected. The feeling it gives the reader in the last 4 words is very strong, and I believe that the final sentence, and the emotion surrounding it, was Orwell's true intent in his writing this novel.
Although I loved it, it could have been enunciated much more, to make the reader really love the characters and feel as the character feels.
This I believe is always the most important facet of any literature. He speaks to his audience on his beliefs of the potential future, and how not everything ends so happily every time.
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