Lenka answers “Why do people rate this book so high? ...”

Wilma asked this question about 1984:

Why do people rate this book so high? Surely I am missing something.

Lenka it's not what i would call an aesthetically pleasing novel. you won't find there much breathtaking metaphors or magnificent images. i kinda understand…moreit's not what i would call an aesthetically pleasing novel. you won't find there much breathtaking metaphors or magnificent images. i kinda understand why some people think that 1984 is boring. but it's not about it. it's about the message. you don't even have to know, that Orwell wrote this in (i believe around) 1948, the whole value of the book doesn't lie in the fact that it overtook it's age. the reason why it is so disturbing and wholesome is simply that it has been and even now is a reality of many countries. every single thing mentioned in the novel has happened (also in country where i come from). and as someone here has already mentioned, this is/was a warning. so don't look at it as a dystopian novel. it's a realistic one.(less)

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