This is a classic, and I think more relevant as time progresses than it would have been when it was originally written. We are ever more connected and therefore, always have less of a private life. We post everything online via Facebook, twitter, Instagram, or whatever else there is out there. How long is it until we don't have a choice, but everything we do is out there for someone to watch, and with the whole NSA surveillance of recent, Big Brother is ever becoming more true.
I first read this book while I was in High School, and while it was interesting, I never really grasped the whole idea behind the book. Now 7 years later, I was able to wrestle with the concepts and the ideas behind the book and it took on a whole new meaning to me. I absolutely love this book. It is incredibly well written, the ideas are easy to relate to, and the scares are real. I loved the character of Winston, the every-man, the person to whom we can all connect and feel his emotions. I felt all of the hate toward BB in the same way that Winston did, I learned to loathe the conformity that existed and wanted nothing more than to escape, even if by only writing in a journal (who knows maybe that is why I am writing this blog?).
This is a book that I would recommend everyone to read, even if you have read it before. The concepts are becoming more real everyday and the warnings evident throughout the pages ever more clear. Go and pick this book up and finish it at least one more time in your life.
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