Name: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Rating: 4.110346464167062 (4214 reviews)
ISBN: 9783526431398

George Orwell

Michael Sherborne

Nineteen Eighty-Four

abrildarocha

Evie Sprite

Neesha Balapitiya 

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

Moira

Lucik

Franzi

To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free. when men are different from one another and do not live alone-to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from e age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink-greetings!

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past”

Abby

He tried to squeeze out some childhood memory that should tell him whether London had always been quite like this. 

It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. 

…he couldn’t remember: nothing remained of his childhood except a series of bright-lit tableaux, occurring against no background and mostly unintelligible.

It was curious that he seemed not merely to have lost the power of expressing himself, but even to have forgotten what it was that he had originally intended to say. 

In a lucid moment Winston found that he was shouting with the others and kicking his heel violently against the rung of his chair. The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within tirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary. 

And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blow lamp.

literally rip your own dick off and bleed out winston you unloveable fuck :

Suddenly, by the sort of violent effort with which one wrenches one's head away from the pillow in a nightmare, Winston succeeded in transferring his hatred from the face on the screen to the dark-haired girl behind him. Vivid, beautiful hallucinations flashed through his mind. He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon. He would tie her naked to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like Saint Sebastian. He would ravish her and cut her throat at the moment of climax. Better than before, moreover, he realized wby it was that he hated her. He hated her because she was young and pretty and sexless, because he wanted to go to bed with her and would never do so, because round her sweet supple waist, which seemed to ask you to encircle it with your arm, there wAs only the odious scarlet sash, aggressive symbol of chastity. 

you hate women because you cant get any you incel fuck. ewwww

He disliked nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones. It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy. But this particular girl gave him the impression of being more dangerous than most.  

a novel

Nineteen eighty-four

David

1984 es un libro que me transporta a un mundo cruel, apático, ignorante y absurdo, en mí marcó una experiencia de lectura que me puso a pensar en lo que finalmente quizás se convierta el mundo, un gobierno sin un líder visible, con todo alrededor de él manipulado. ¿Baja producción? pues modifiquemos el inicio y el fin de la misma para hacer parecer que la producción superó en un 100% lo esperado. ¿Bajos índices? pues cambiemos los índices del último reporte para hacer parecer estos mucho mejores. Todo es una constante manipulación del sistema para pensar que todo está yendo bien. La neolengua es una de las cosas más atractivas del mundo de 1984, modifiquemos el lenguaje para que no exista (ni que se nos pase por la mente) la posibilidad de pensar más a fondo. Todo esto deja finalmente una receta perfecta para manipular a las masas, para mantenerlas felices dándoles cada vez menos (como cuando cortan su ración de chocolate, pero lo hacen pasar como que les están dando más). Como bien decía Winston, si las masas se juntaran, podrían hacer un sinfín de cosas, pero acá parece que en el futuro próximo de 1984, jamás se unieron y se enfocaron más que todo en las cosas que el gobierno quería para ellos. Me parece interesante ver cómo se usa el amor como signo de rebeldía, Winston y Julia son dos personajes interesantes en lo que a rebeldía se refiere, obligados a actuar como unos seres humanos programados de fábrica, cuando en realidad quieren pensar, sentir y vivir más cosas que simplemente el trabajo y una mente ocupada con estupideces. Es inevitable deprimirse por el final, uno realmente quiere que Winston y Julia salgan victoriosos y puedan derrotar al Gran Hermano, pero al final era un tema de suerte y gracias a O'Neil, la fortuna no les sonrió. Me quedé a pensar un poco si el régimen al final cayó, pues en las notas finales sobre la neolengua dice que como tal, la neolengua nunca cumplió su deseo de formalizarse en el 2050, fue un poco esperanzador leer esta parte después de lo devastador que fue el tercer acto y como quebraron completamente la rebeldía y las ganas de vivir de dos personas en un sistema que tiene todo arreglado para que uno sea "feliz" pero de una forma completamente ignorante. 
 <blockquote>LA GUERRA ES LA PAZ LA LIBERTAD ES LA ESCLAVITUD LA IGNORANCIA ES LA FUERZA </blockquote>

George Orwell’s 1984 takes on new life with extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity. “Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power.”—The New Yorker In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. Lionel Trilling said of Orwell’s masterpiece, “1984 is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and like any such fantasy, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present.” Though the year 1984 now exists in the past, Orwell’s novel remains an urgent call for the individual willing to speak truth to power.

1984

Interesting and insightful read with themes of surveillance state and authoritarian rule. Gets a bit boring and reads like a manifesto at times. Feels very relevant today considering it was written in the late 1940s

Adam O’Rourke

i think it's a very good and accessible starting point for people wanting to get into more political literature. if you like george orwell you'll probably like yevgeny zamyatin as he has a lot of very similar ideas in his writing

sunny

Antonio Marini

Scrive Nicola Gardini "Un grande romanzo sulla rovina linguistica, sulla fine dei significati, sulla resistenza del senso" Mentre nel romanzo il partito vuole creare una dittatura del pensiero riducendo al massimo il vocabolario, Orwell ci dona sillogismi come bipensiero o pensierocriminale. Se per Hugo Von Hofmannsthal il pensiero una volta scritto, tradotto in parole muore, con Orwell al contrario Winston cerca di prolungarne la sopravvivenza scrivendo il diario. Il dualismo tra la vitalità del pensiero e la staticità della parola, intrinsecamente unite nel "logos", si sfoga nella metafora, nel simbolismo. La metafora associa immagini reali quanto oniriche alla parola restituendole al tempo stesso vitalità e realismo e liberandola dal soggettivismo solipsista del bipensiero.

Can be a difficult read at times, but 1984 is a dazzling analysis of totalitarian thinking, and provokes thought about how modern day dictatorships try to preserve their rule.

Equilateral49 

Testo inglese a fronte Pubblicato nel 1949 e inizialmente progettato con il titolo L’ultimo uomo in Europa, 1984 proietta nel futuro uno stato totalitario, Oceania, che include al proprio interno l’Inghilterra. I suoi cittadini sono indottrinati e controllati da un governo invisibile che attraverso teleschermi spia ogni momento della loro vita pubblica e privata. In questo mondo spaventoso e angosciante, teso tra fantascienza e profetico realismo, Winston Smith, un uomo qualunque, lotta per tenere viva la fiamma della propria identità e della propria coscienza, in uno sforzo disperato che non potrà che portarlo all’annientamento. Capolavoro assoluto di uno dei più attuali autori del Novecento, 1984 è un monito perenne contro i totalitarismi di oggi e di domani.

Duda Berkman

Yes, this is one of if not the best book I've ever read and will go down as the book that for me into politics

Aahil Marakar

Rhian Davies

This is a dystopian novel talking about the harshness of the totalitarian government. The novel includes major topics like harsh rules, media propaganda, attempts of rebelion and brainwashing. The book is dystopian so after a level it just feels like the rules are for the sake of it and the obession over just power is not really practical; I expected abit more depth to the mindset behind this government. I also wished the main character was shown abit more smarter if he is tackling with such a government; the 'rebelion' angle was very weak. Its hard to relate and understand the protagonist when your ideas are decent but your execution is zero. However, I do appreciate the fact a good chunk of these rules do last in today's time when it comes to an authoritative regime which we witness in North Korea for instance. 

Its a good read but nothing major going on; I shall give George Orwell his flowers for popularising this genre but thats that.

Aarush Arora

This is a dystopian novel talking about the harshness of the totalitarian government. The novel includes major topics like harsh rules, media propaganda, attempts of rebelion and brainwashing. The book is dystopian so after a level it just feels like the rules are for the sake of it and the obession over just power is not really practical; I expected abit more depth to the mindset behind this government. I also wished the main character was shown abit more smarter if he is tackling with such a government; the 'rebelion' angle was very weak. Its hard to relate and understand the protagonist when your ideas are decent but your execution is zero. However, I do appreciate the fact a good chunk of these rules do last in today's time when it comes to an authoritative regime which we witness in North Korea for instance. 

Its a good read but nothing major going on; I shall give George Orwell his flowers for popularising this genre but thats that.

"We are living it!! It's not a simple book!!". Maybe it's true, but that's not the important thing. Orwell was not a visionary because he predicted the future, but because he perfectly photographed human nature, which had always been unchanged.

Gioele Cerciello

sebastian pahuta

Hugo

This book is a must-read, with ideas that remain relevant after more than 70 years of publication! It feels like any authoritarian government from around the world. It’s like the manual used in many countries. It just needs obedient people following ideas without challenging them, and just entertained, trying to survive by finding food and water, or just fighting to survive.

gunumuz turkiyesi ile benzer isler 👍🏼👍🏼 begendim

Buzra

Orwell’ın bu kitabı, sol liberal entelektüellerin yıllardır abartarak “uyarı kitabı” diye sunduğu, aslında kendi ideolojik korkularını yansıtan bir distopya olan bir kitaptıt. Kitap, güçlü bir devlet, disiplin, hiyerarşi ve toplumsal kontrol mekanizmalarını tamamen şeytanlaştırarak, okuru “özgürlük=bireysel anarşi” yalanına ikna etmeye çalışıyor.

Winston karakterimiz, sisteme karşı isyan eden zayıf, alık, kararsız, ideolojik olarak yozlaşmış bir tip. Onun “isyanı” aslında kişisel tatminsizlik ve cinsel özgürlük arayışından ibaret. Julia ile olan ilişkisi aynı şekilde, sisteme karşı ciddi bir alternatif sunmuyor, sadece haz odaklı bir kaçış arıyor. Orwell burada net bir şekilde gösteriyorki, bireysel özgürlük bayrağı altında toplananlar çoğu zaman sadece kendi küçük arzularını meşrulaştırmak istiyor.

Kitabın en büyük sorunu, totaliterliği sadece “kötü” olarak resmetmesi. Big Brother olsun, Düşünce Polisi olsun, Yeni Konuşma vb. olsun…bunlar Orwell’ın gözünde kesin olarak mutlak kötülük. Oysa gerçek hayatta düzen, hiyerarşi ve güçlü bir otorite olmadan toplumun ayakta kalması mümkün değil. 1984’teki sistem abartılı ve karikatürize edilmiş olsada, kitabın temel mesajı “otorite=kötülük” çizgisine oturuyor. Bu ise onu faşizan yada milliyetçi bir bakış açısından oldukça sorunlu kılıyor.

Orwell’ın kendi siyasi geçmişi de malum şekilde ortada. İspanya İç Savaşı’nda Franco’ya karşı savaşmış, demokratik sosyalist bir çizgide kalmış biri. Yani bu kitabı yazarken hedefi büyük ölçüde Stalinist uygulamalar olsada, sonuçta ortaya çıkan metin her türlü güçlü devlet yapısını ve disiplini hedef alıyor. Bu yüzden kitap, sağdan bakan biri için “solun paranoyası” gibi okunuyor ve öyle zaten.

Teknik olarak yazımı baya akıcı, atmosfer yaratma konusunda cidden başarılı. Ama fikirsel olarak zayıf ve taraflı, objektiflik yok. Özellikle son bölüm sahnesi, Orwell’ın insan iradesine ve disipline ne kadar düşük bir güven duyduğunu gösteriyor. Gerçekçi bir otorite anlayışı olan biri için bu final hem abartılı hem ideolojik olarak itici.

Kısacası, solun kutsal metinlerinden biri haline gelmiş, abartılmış bir kitap. Okunabilir mi? Evet, hemde çok güzel okunur baya sarıyor, akıcı, ama “büyük uyarı” falan değil. Daha çok, zayıf iradeli bireyin sistem karşısındaki yenilgisini romantize eden bir sol distopya.

rana

Orwell’ın bu kitabı, sol liberal entelektüellerin yıllardır abartarak “uyarı kitabı” diye sunduğu, aslında kendi ideolojik korkularını yansıtan bir distopya olan bir kitaptıt. Kitap, güçlü bir devlet, disiplin, hiyerarşi ve toplumsal kontrol mekanizmalarını tamamen şeytanlaştırarak, okuru “özgürlük=bireysel anarşi” yalanına ikna etmeye çalışıyor.

Winston karakterimiz, sisteme karşı isyan eden zayıf, alık, kararsız, ideolojik olarak yozlaşmış bir tip. Onun “isyanı” aslında kişisel tatminsizlik ve cinsel özgürlük arayışından ibaret. Julia ile olan ilişkisi aynı şekilde, sisteme karşı ciddi bir alternatif sunmuyor, sadece haz odaklı bir kaçış arıyor. Orwell burada net bir şekilde gösteriyorki, bireysel özgürlük bayrağı altında toplananlar çoğu zaman sadece kendi küçük arzularını meşrulaştırmak istiyor.

Kitabın en büyük sorunu, totaliterliği sadece “kötü” olarak resmetmesi. Big Brother olsun, Düşünce Polisi olsun, Yeni Konuşma vb. olsun…bunlar Orwell’ın gözünde kesin olarak mutlak kötülük. Oysa gerçek hayatta düzen, hiyerarşi ve güçlü bir otorite olmadan toplumun ayakta kalması mümkün değil. 1984’teki sistem abartılı ve karikatürize edilmiş olsada, kitabın temel mesajı “otorite=kötülük” çizgisine oturuyor. Bu ise onu faşizan yada milliyetçi bir bakış açısından oldukça sorunlu kılıyor.

Orwell’ın kendi siyasi geçmişi de malum şekilde ortada. İspanya İç Savaşı’nda Franco’ya karşı savaşmış, demokratik sosyalist bir çizgide kalmış biri. Yani bu kitabı yazarken hedefi büyük ölçüde Stalinist uygulamalar olsada, sonuçta ortaya çıkan metin her türlü güçlü devlet yapısını ve disiplini hedef alıyor. Bu yüzden kitap, sağdan bakan biri için “solun paranoyası” gibi okunuyor ve öyle zaten.

Teknik olarak yazımı baya akıcı, atmosfer yaratma konusunda cidden başarılı. Ama fikirsel olarak zayıf ve taraflı, objektiflik yok. Özellikle son bölüm sahnesi, Orwell’ın insan iradesine ve disipline ne kadar düşük bir güven duyduğunu gösteriyor. Gerçekçi bir otorite anlayışı olan biri için bu final hem abartılı hem ideolojik olarak itici.

Kısacası, solun kutsal metinlerinden biri haline gelmiş, abartılmış bir kitap. Okunabilir mi? Evet, hemde çok güzel okunur baya sarıyor, akıcı, ama “büyük uyarı” falan değil. Daha çok, zayıf iradeli bireyin sistem karşısındaki yenilgisini romantize eden bir sol distopya.

Obra maestra. El futuro distópico de 1984 que plantea Orwell en 1949 lamentablemente no dista de la realidad que vivimos hoy. Un libro lleno de tensión y violencia que presenta una realidad donde el pueblo es controlado y manipulado desde que nace gracias a la tecnología y la información falsa, analizando el comportamiento del pueblo y el gobierno totalitario, la naturaleza humana y las dinámicas de poder.

Orbital Grimalkin

I found the first two parts quite boring but the last one easily made up of for them.

Me encantó pero turbia y no me gustan las torturas

Barbara Pascual

thya

It was interesting and was the first book I read this year and also in a while. Not really my cup of tea but it was a good read to begin my reading journey. 

Débute un peu lentement mais augmente en intensité au fur et à mesure. Vu l’ambiance politique actuelle, semble essentiel !

Manon L

Milan Joseph

After a lifetime of hearing references from this book, I finally got round to reading it. I believe everyone should read this book, and any country that tries to ban or restrict it 

I enjoyed the pacing and the world building, and Orwell does a great job at depicting the psychology of those under authoritarian rule, along with dealing with greater themes such as class. 

Although I do think this is rightfully named a classic, I rated it 4 as I found aspects a bit tedious, such as the drawn-out sections on Newspeak, and the last section of the book was a bit underwhelming for me. But overall, a must-read. 

George

After a lifetime of hearing references from this book, I finally got round to reading it. I believe everyone should read this book, and any country that tries to ban or restrict it cough cough USA only makes its message more poignant. 

I enjoyed the pacing and the world building, and Orwell does a great job at depicting the psychology of those under authoritarian rule, along with dealing with greater themes such as class. 

Although I do think this is rightfully named a classic, I rated it 4 as I found aspects a bit tedious, such as the drawn-out sections on Newspeak, and the last section of the book was a bit underwhelming for me. But overall, a must-read. 

Hanna rafeeque 

man i really thought he would achieve more but in the end he lost.

didn’t like this as much as BNW as I expected but it was still a very interesting read, the fact that it is set in london was really cool

Luoyi

man i really thought he would achieve more but in the end he lost.

didn’t like this as much as BNW as I expected but it was still a very interesting read, the fact that it is set in london was really cool

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