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SqueakyChu
of Rockville, Maryland USA on 11/16/2023
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
SqueakyChu of Rockville, Maryland USA on 11/16/2023 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I selected this softcover (c. 1947, reprint 2016) from the Little Free Library which stands in the entrance to My Organic Market (MOM's) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Thank you.
"Orwell's '1984' was challenged for its pro-communist and sexually explicit content, alongside other subversive and dystopian stories such as Orwell's 'Animal Farm' and Alduous Huxley's 'Brave New World', but has since become known as one of the most significant rationalizations for freedom of speech and expression." (variety.com)
I highly recommend this book!
"Orwell's '1984' was challenged for its pro-communist and sexually explicit content, alongside other subversive and dystopian stories such as Orwell's 'Animal Farm' and Alduous Huxley's 'Brave New World', but has since become known as one of the most significant rationalizations for freedom of speech and expression." (variety.com)
I highly recommend this book!
My husband started reading this book but then switched over to another large type copy that I got for him from the public library.
I read another copy of this book in 2017. This is what wrote after I read it...
This is the most frightening book I have ever read. I probably feel this way because I am living through the first four weeks of the Donald Trump presidency in the United States. I see so many parallels in this book with the direction our new government is going that this book almost seems like nonfiction rather than the dystopic fiction it was meant to be. I am terrified that my country is becoming a dictatorship. This book gives an outline of just how such a situation can happen.
The story takes one man, Winston Smith, who longs for freedom of thought and shows how he is slowly deprived of his ability to think for himself because his life is under control of Big Brother.
"How does one man assert power over another, Winston?"
Winston thought. "By making him suffer," he said.
I read another copy of this book in 2017. This is what wrote after I read it...
This is the most frightening book I have ever read. I probably feel this way because I am living through the first four weeks of the Donald Trump presidency in the United States. I see so many parallels in this book with the direction our new government is going that this book almost seems like nonfiction rather than the dystopic fiction it was meant to be. I am terrified that my country is becoming a dictatorship. This book gives an outline of just how such a situation can happen.
The story takes one man, Winston Smith, who longs for freedom of thought and shows how he is slowly deprived of his ability to think for himself because his life is under control of Big Brother.
"How does one man assert power over another, Winston?"
Winston thought. "By making him suffer," he said.
Journal Entry 3 by SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) #7720 in Rockville, Maryland USA on Monday, May 13, 2024
SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) #7720 in Rockville, Maryland USA on Monday, May 13, 2024
Released 3 wks ago (5/13/2024 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) #7720 in Rockville, Maryland USA
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whole world a library!
Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu, or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.
Enjoy the book!
