1984 has been my favorite book since I was in early high school. Have you read it?
I have, we also read it in school. I loved it. The dystopian novel is an interesting genre and I love to see what Orwell thought the world would be like.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
I love the idea of the "Thought Police", persecuting independent thinking and other "thoughtcrimes".
Yes there is a huge political lesson in it, which is why I think it is so often taught. I also loved the literature elements.
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and essayist, journalist and critic, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
As a writer, Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism; and is best known for the allegorical novella "Animal Farm" (1945) and the dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-
if you ask my dad what
time it is, he'll tell you how to build a watch. I have to embellish! I have to tell you all the who's and what's and how's and why's. And I have to do it with arm gestures and silly voices and weird faces. I also became a writer because I love to read. The elementary school I went to didn't have a library.
So, in second grade, after I finished reading all the books we had