1984
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Have you read The Orphan Master's Son? I don't know how real all that is exactly but it was a terrifying book.
1984 didn't happen in 1984 or 2004 but there are still places where it isn't safe to have an independent thought.
I agree the technology is catching up fast - my dog has a chip in case she gets lost.
News travels around the world in seconds.
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4! He is a graduating senior! His choice..I told him that book scared me like crazy! I always used to tel them Big BROTHERS WATCHING YOU and flip it to BIGMama's Watching You
-- 25 Apr 2013, 22:17 --
Omg yes..! We both agreed that book was crazy! We were chatting. My son says can imagine, books banned? I agreed.8 said if it they were banned..we would be put to death by the Thought Police, if they knew you bought.."SECRET SOCIETIES..The Truth Revealed...by THE MEDIASOURCE.
we love discussing those interesting theories ..
Thank God so far so good..GOT BOOKS?..lol
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-- 29 Sep 2013, 20:54 --
Orwell wrote 1984 for our generation. The book shows how the government can control society if we allow it. In America, we have to be careful what we let the government do. We can't let them make laws prohibiting what we can say and do. Ted Dekker in his book Sinner proposes the idea of a National Tolerance Act. Basically, if anyone even says anything that could offend someone (he was thinking religion, but this could spread to other areas), we can be prosecuted or even killed. Many would like people to believe whatever the media at large says. We must actually think about what we believe and know why we believe it. We need to be informed and not conform to what everyone thinks we should think. We need to stand up for our liberties.
-- 29 Sep 2013, 20:55 --
Orwell wrote 1984 for our generation. The book shows how the government can control society if we allow it. In America, we have to be careful what we let the government do. We can't let them make laws prohibiting what we can say and do. Ted Dekker in his book Sinner proposes the idea of a National Tolerance Act. Basically, if anyone even says anything that could offend someone (he was thinking religion, but this could spread to other areas), we can be prosecuted or even killed. Many would like people to believe whatever the media at large says. We must actually think about what we believe and know why we believe it. We need to be informed and not conform to what everyone thinks we should think. We need to stand up for our liberties.
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@Bighuey: I know it's been a while since you posted this, but I'm reading 1984 right now, and I'm curious about your comment that you read it in 1955. Thinking back, do you remember anything about your experience reading this book before the year it is set in? I can imagine the perspective is very different--akin to us reading a book/watching a movie set in 2045 and wondering if the future will really be like that--than if you're reading the book from the perspective of the future, knowing that's not what 1984 is going to look like. Did it scare you in 1955?Bighuey wrote:I read it in 1955 in high school, and even back then it was a frightening book. Even more so now. I think you will like it.
I'm not quite halfway through the book right now, and with my experience with literature, I'm picking up more of the literary themes in the book--Shakespeare, tragedy, heroism, etc.
-- 07 Oct 2013, 03:39 --
I finished this book today. I don't know if "enjoyed" is the right word, but at least I can say that it was a great read. The dystopian aspects of this novel have been well discussed. I was interested in the literary aspects of the book. For example, Winston Smith thinks about how heroism is dead in the past, but then later he sees the heroism in the fat, beautiful laundry woman he watches. I think this novel defines heroism as the ability to be a human being, with all the emotions, passions, and imperfections inherent in the state. In the end, Winston cannot be the hero and retain his sense of individuality, of his humanity, in the face of the overwhelming power of the Party.