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1984 By George Orwell

__** About the Author **__
Eric Blair, who goes by the pen name George Orwell, was born in 1903 in Motihari, Bengal, in the British colony of India, where his father, Richard, worked for the Opium Department of the Civil Service. When he was of the age of one, his mother brought him to England. He did not see his father again until 1907, when he visited England for three months before leaving again until 1912. Eric had an older sister named Marjorie and a younger sister named Avril. He was educated at Eton and after service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to make his living writing novels and essays. He was as political writer who did most of his work on his times. As an opponent of totalitarianism, he fought in the loyalist side in the Spanish civil war. He was later shot in the neck and him forced to leave the war. In1944 he finished the novella "Animal Farm". This was his first major success. In 1949,He wrote this novel, 1984. The effect of the book was enough to change the English language, introducing new words like memory hole, Big Brother, Room 101, doublethink,thought police and newspeak. Eric Blair died in 1950, from tuberculosis. He was buried in All Saints' Churchyard, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire. To know more about him click here! 

__** Synopsis **__
//1984 //starts with Winston Smith writing in a diary that he had illegally gotten. He writes secretly in a small alcove that is created from a bookcase that blocks the telescreen’s (a type of TV that only has one channel and has equipment that allows constant surveillance) view. In that alcove he writes all the negative thoughts and discontents that he feels. He goes on to explain in his diary about the dire state of the nation, the Though Police, (who control the masses call proles), the war between Eurasia,Eastasia, and Oceana and the structure of the classes. Afterward, he goes to work as an editor who is responsible for distorting documents from the past to the Party's official version of the past. During work, he meets Julia who at first he hates with a passion (he wanted to smash her head in with a cobblestone). That was changed when he was given a note from her saying,” I love you.” However love for anything but the government is forbidden in Oceana. Will their love go undiscovered? Will Winston prevail and overthrow the oppressive government? To find out read the book!

__** Literary Information **__
1984 is a 312 paged science fiction novel and in told is third person limited. The characterization is done there the spoken works and actions. It also has a neutral diction, as at times the writing was fairly elevated, and other time fairly unelevated.

__** Literary Analysis **__
For the character Winston is trying to swim in waters to dangerous for his kind. the deeper he delves into the depths of the secrets of the Party, and Big Brother. With every step he takes he reveals that ignorance is bliss. An example of this would be Winston himself. He would of lived out his life in relative content if he had not seen the picture of the delegates, as they say," The truth is better not known". However he does see it and its significance. As Winston had put it," it was enough to blow the Party to atoms, if in some way it could have been published to the world and its significances made known."(87) This had lead to him doing things that are he wouldn't normally do, things that put attention to him. This had caused him to be captured they the part after he had read the book and had confessed to wanting the destruction for the party. He then was tortured; brainwash and ultimate robbed what little free-will he had. There are a number of things that "if he didn't do" would of saved him, but the in the world of 1984, Ignorance is indeed bliss.

__** Criticism **__
One of the major parts of judging a book is to ignore its fame, other people's opinions, and generally any other opinion other than your own. 1984 did not disappoint when done so. It’s filled with suspense, danger, mystery, and the fact that this could happen. However it does not live up to the reviews given to it. I had imagined that it would have constant suspense, not a overly drawn out plotline. I felt the same way when i read //Lord of the Rings//. It a great book but it could of been majorly shorted and still not lose any meaning or feeling from it. The characterization of Winston is great. He is easily associated with our own lives, and thus makes that much of a bigger impact on us all. Yet again, my like of dystopian stories prevail. It had suited my tastes overall, and if I were to give it a score out of ten it would be a solid 8/10.

Sources used and Thanked!
 * http://www.george-orwell.org/l_biography.html
 * 1984 by George Orwell

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