I love 1984, I really do. What a topical book. Don't forget, Big Brother is always watching you.
I have never read that book before.  I am intrigued.  What is the premise of the book?
Oh you are 10000% missing out. It's basically a political dystopia where thought crime is a real thing. 
Whoa!  So, the government is able to see peoples thoughts in the book?
Big Brother doesn't literally see people's thoughts. The people in his cult, "The Party," find out who is committing thought crime.
Interesting!  Who is the author?
It was written by George Orwell, who had extremely interesting personal views on language in general. You should read his essays sometime.
I know that author.  I am surprised I was unaware of it.  What year was it written?
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by English writer George Orwell published in June 1949, whose themes centre on the risks of government overreach, totalitarianism and repressive regimentation of all persons and behaviours within society. The novel is set in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism and propaganda.
In the novel, Great Britain ("Airstrip One") has become
to say about the attack: "Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there—I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. People sometimes say that the way things happen in movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television—you don't feel anything. Right when