Bigwickerventriloquist 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.

Bigwickerventriloquist For me: it is concise, deals with media theory and politics (i.e. "double-speak" and the control of language), great narrative, character development,…moreFor me: it is concise, deals with media theory and politics (i.e. "double-speak" and the control of language), great narrative, character development, is itself an example of Orwell's concerns with literary theory, but most of all... it ends the way an insurrectionist narrative would end in Oceania ("There are no martyrs in Oceania...") - i.e. it has a "happy" ending. Though it is "dense", it is eminently readable without ever digging deeply into the text. I read it once every couple years and keep gleaning more.(less)

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