RE: 1984
August 18, 2016 at 9:55 am
(This post was last modified: August 18, 2016 at 10:02 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 18, 2016 at 7:52 am)paulpablo Wrote: Maybe this is just a knee jerk reaction having just read this book, but this might be the best book I've ever read.
The story made me think of religion, the quran, the bible, government, even just general psychology of brainwashing yourself in order to fit in within day to day life, which I think people do all the time.
I don't think anyone really reads random books upon recommendations but I strongly STRONGLY recommend everyone to read this.
Anyone else read it? What did you think? I don't know what to read after this, I don't think any other book can match it.
Good book. A criticism of wartime and postwar domestic policy and actions in the UK as he saw it. I don't know if it's the best book ever written, but it's pretty good. What did you like about it, particularly, it would help with book recommendations. The dystopian setting? The use of sci fi as commentary? The narrative arc...any particular character? How roughly it parallels the current surveillance state in the UK?
Quote:Who knows, maybe 1984 is set in the year 2030, and Government simply claims it is 1984.Or maybe it's set in 1948.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
