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Love this book. All of dystopian literature pales in comparison
Winston Smith is the protagonist and the rebel against the machine.
Julia is Winston's lover. Strange relationship not sure I understand it.
Big Brother the political party that controls all of Oceania or the New England
O'Brien I guess this is the main bad guy. He tries to trick and capture Winston and Julia
Emmanuel Goldstein the leader of the revolutionist party.
I also love all the words that Orwell introduced into our vocabulary: Big ...more
Winston Smith is the protagonist and the rebel against the machine.
Julia is Winston's lover. Strange relationship not sure I understand it.
Big Brother the political party that controls all of Oceania or the New England
O'Brien I guess this is the main bad guy. He tries to trick and capture Winston and Julia
Emmanuel Goldstein the leader of the revolutionist party.
I also love all the words that Orwell introduced into our vocabulary: Big ...more
I'm listening to 1984 on CD during my commute. I am also reading Atlas Shrugged. This one-two combination is fascinating; 1984 paints the most repressive totalitarian non-capitalist society possible, while Atlas Shrugged details the most extreme capitalist/small-to-no government ideals possible. I think of Orwells's Big Brother's society as the nightmare that would eventually swallow the world if Rand's villains could absolutely loot all the intellectual power that Rands's heroes epitomize. The
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Eye opener about the evils of communism and big-brotherism (which we are currently experiencing some of in the U.S).
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