1984 - First Impression

      1984 was published in 1949 and read by me in 2014. Just a thought.....

     1984 by George Orwell is so corrupted. This is like the original dystopian novel. Before Hunger Games, or Divergent, or The Circle (if you don't know what this book is, then go to Lizzy's Blog because she has 100 posts on it. She's The Circle expert). It even came out before Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In fact, my sister just told me today that Bradbury got some of his ideas to write Fahrenheit 451 from the book I am currently reading

     This is why/how I chose this book: Well it was a Saturday from a few weeks ago. My mom, sister, and I were going to go to the aquarium but the line was so so so so so so unbelievably long. Long lines + a lot of children + how crowded it will be inside the aquarium = No. Oh great, we drove 30 minutes for nothing was my first thought. But then I realized there was a giant Barnes and Noble book store a short walk away from the aquarium. That two floored book store was so serene, it was irresistible. We ended up staying in that book store for more than an hour; I ended up buying 1984 and A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (Oh look, both of the books I bought that day were by authors with the same first name). I'm actually not even sure why I bought the first book in the Game of Thrones series. All I know is that the book is about 800 pages and I will save it to read in the summer. 

     But moving on to the book I'm reading now. First off, the beginning of the book is pretty confusing, a lot of information is thrown at the reader the first couple of pages. Either you're that person where the light bulb goes off and all the information given to you makes complete sense, or you're totally lost and you need to search up what's happening. For me, it was in between. I sort of got it but I also searched it up to make sure I knew what was happening and if what I thought was correct.

     The society in this book was really well thought and written out. The people in the society are lost, the people are corrupted, the people are clueless. From the first few pages you can automatically tell that the society is a totalitarian state. If you recall from the World History class part B (or if you haven't learned about totalitarian states yet, then here's a good history lesson for you), a totalitarian state is where the government seeks full authority and controls over all aspects of public and private life (examples: Benito Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, etc.) The totalitarian state in 1984 really sets up the "fear" mood, seen from what the protagonist narrates.

     Winston Smith, the protagonist. He's like Montag from 451 in many ways. The main thing is that they're both the "oddball" in society; they disagree with the way of their society. I'm looking forward to see how Winston develops throughout the story. What other ideas will he come up with? Will he rebel against his oppressive society? The possibilities are endless...