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Wilma asked this question about 1984:

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

Jess This book is so good because not only does it have such strong historical connections, but it incredibly relevant to today's society.
It provides a ter…moreThis book is so good because not only does it have such strong historical connections, but it incredibly relevant to today's society.
It provides a terrifying view of what the future could look like if we allow ourselves to become completely controlled by the media, and how humanity has the capacity to lose all original thought and uniquity.
It shows the darker side of humanity - the cold, loveless, conformist society which Orwell hypothesizes that we have the capacity to become.
Even now, unorthodoxy is frowned upon, people are encouraged to be 'normal.' The media so influential upon our own lives that we are beginning to have trouble deciphering whether what we are told is real or not.
1984 preaches the dangerous path humanity could be going down, and how we have no hope for the future if we follow this path.(less)

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