1984

I have to go back and read it again. It seems to become more and more relevant.

I certainly feel like a Prole some days.

 

I love "1984". It's one of my favorite books.

 

I say "1984" in quotes because I don't love the year, only the book. The '80s were downright nasty, in my view.

 

I definately feel like a prole and I'm sure many other's do as well. Maybe one day we'll finally see a revolution.

 

If there's free beer, I'm in!

Definately a meaningful book and in a world that is being strangled of its free voice, most assuredly relevant today and tomorrow. Most people, however, seem to be content with their fate of grazing the grass, as long as they have a roof over their heads and a better car than their neighbour.

 

You know he origianally planned to call it 1948 but that was too controversial, he made it to be relevant to that time, it's just sad that it still is

 

i re-read this the otherday. jeez it rocks... even so many years on you can relate it to life, amazing.... im currently reading hunter s thompsons 'fear and loathing on the campaign trail ,72'

 

I re-read 1984 a couple times, first when I studied it grade 12 english. Then again a couple years later for a political science course. I found after having worked and studied politics that the book was so striking. It made me fear my surroundings and how I marked my ballot. It's scarry how easily one can make connections from the book to modern day policies and governmental structure. It's important to read these warnings over again many times. This way we can remember what we need to fight for.

 

i love that book

 

heres a part of something i wrote i response in another thread, see if you agree.

in room 101 lived the interrogator who persuaded winston smith that everything he thought and saw and read was only as relevant as long as it existed physically - he defies winston to prove the existence of something that didn't exist in the present and to prove the validity of something of the past in respect to the present. 1984 the book by george orwell was set in england. orwell knew quite well the nature of your average brit which is why in 1948 he saw england of 1984 as one of a straightjacketed mind. england in the book is a militaristic nation at war, the population impoverished in both mind body and spirit. everyone cheers at the cinema when "the enemy" gets whats coming to them. goldstein is an everpresent menace, he is everywhere yet nowhere, plotting and causing havoc, how very convenient is goldstein, yet no one knows exactly who he is. does all this sound familiar?

oh by the way - for the people who don't know, there actually was a room 101 , it existed in the offices of the BBC during the war years with germany. room 101 was the number of the room where the censor lived. anything submitted for broadcast had to make it past the censor, so "george" would have had experience with this person! they've been pushing the message recently that "george" turned on his fellow communists on his death bed. the power of the media eh?

 

Haha you just reminded me--
In my journalism class my advisor has a HUGE poster up with Stalin that says "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU" and on the opposite wall she has another huge one that says "WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH." It's slightly intimidating as you're trying to further your journalistic expertise and these symbols of oppression are looming over you LOL.

Yeah, the book is amazing. I should probably re-read it sometime soon...

 

Guy, your insight is intriguing. My mind feels refreshed. Where did you get all this? I'm amazed.

 

found all this stuff by coming across it (dunno where). plus i have lived in england for quite sometime. when i read 1984 when i was around 17/18 i suddenly realised that not only did george understand the english psyche he also understood where it was all leading. most of the stuff in the book has come true in one way or the other. re read it and go there i'm sure the parallels will amaze you.

 

That reminds me guy. I read about an incident sometime last week that happened over there. The British Government were having their convention and an 82 year old man voiced his disagreement with something that was said by Jack Straw, the Home Secretary. Whereupon the old boy was seized by the scruff of the collar and hoisted outside. Then they called the Old Bill on him and read him the anti-terror act. So much for freedom of speech! I can see what you mean about parallels between what is happening to Britain and '1984'.

 

"1984" By George Orwell

Never has the nature of human conflict been more clearly examined. Almost daily, I see the truth in Orwell's masterpiece. The other day, I was watching the movie "Blood Diamond" which discusses how diamonds would be nearly worthless if not for the industry keeping numerous large rough diamonds off the market. They control supply and demand. It made think of when Orwell speaks of how the planet could be equal and without want if not for the powerful controlling wealth through conflict.

Why are they not requiring this book in every single high school in the world? But then again, why would "they"?

 

umm, it is required reading in lots of highschools, that last sentence was completely retarded

but I agree with lots of other things you said in the post

except for, I feel that there could never be any 'most important novel'

 

its a great book, i never finished it, im thinking i should