By: Jason Myers
Orwell, George. 1984. New York: New American Library, 1949.
Heart
Borders
Cost: $9.99
Genre: satire
1984
A man by the name of Winston Smith is a member of the London Political Party in the nation of Oceania. He is under intense surveillance always. The Party itself controls everything even this new dictionary called “Newspeak”. Their laws are very different compared to ours. They are to the extreme that being suspected of thinking rebellious thoughts or having items like a diary can get someone in a lot of trouble. Winston works for the Party and in a department called Ministry of Truth. There he alters historical records so they read as the Party wants them to. As time goes on Winston develops hatred towards the Party. At work he falls in love with a coworker named Julia. The two of them fall in love and they begin looking for the Leader of the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood being a mysterious legendary group that’s goal is to overthrow the party.
The Author’s style was very easy to read other then the fact that there is a lot of difficult vocabulary per page and if you don’t like a lot of vocabulary this book may be hard for some readers to understand. The detail he uses is very descriptive and when reading it makes you all most feel as it real. The author’s Diction I liked a lot, he seemed to speak in a mature manor and I seemed to enjoy the way the book its self was written.
2 comments:
This book looks like it be a great book to read. It sounds like a book that will keep you in it untill the end. I might pick this book to read
From your description and review of the book, it sounded like you liked it. Sounds like the perfect book when it comes to vocabulary and writing style for high school level reading.
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