1984
by:
George Orwell (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9051082932
Publish date: 1999
Publisher: Areopagus (bibliotheek van de twintigste eeuw)
Pages no: 288
Edition language: Dutch
3 things about this book:1. Oh well, I have so many things to say about this book that I did an all oral presentation about it!2. It’s good because it makes us think about so many important things that are happening or could happen in our time.3. The way History can change depending on who tells it ...
This may be more timely then when it was written. Winston Smith is not following the Party's rhetoric. He is thinking and realizes he has other memories and thoughts than what the Party wants good Party members to have. He finally sees a way to rebel but the Party gets to him. There is so much ...
Do you think it matters greatly that Orwell may have plagearised a good portion of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" because of the significance of the novel? Funny how soon this novel has passed the 60 years mark and we're just now "finding this all out". In our world - the age of the internet, it seems these...
I've been meaning to reread this for a while and I'm glad I finally got around to it. A lot has been said about this book, but I guess for me it represents an interesting way to look at human psychology and the nature of truth and doublethink (the cognitive dissonance is awesome). Really the only ...
This book is quite terrifying. I think most everyone but me has read it or was forced to read it in high school. I was a delinquent student and missed out on this book somehow and decided to read it now. Don’t ask me why. It is perhaps a very bad time to decide to read this book about a world where ...
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